Message throttling, OMIT_TG

README.md

@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ I didn't even test it yet so no idea if it works
 ```
 $ TELEGRAM_APITOKEN=YOUR_API_TOKEN ./alarm_bot --satel_addr=127.0.0.1 --satel_port=31337 --tg_chat_id=YOUR_CHAT_ID_FROM_BOTFATHER
 ```
+
+## Debugging
+
+Set the `OMIT_TG` environment variable to, well, omit sending anything over to Telegram and just see the logs instead.

main.go

@@ -1,18 +1,59 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"os"
-	"fmt"
-	"net"
 	"flag"
-	"strings"
+	"fmt"
+	"math"
+	"net"
+	"os"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
 
-	"github.com/probakowski/go-satel"
 	tgbotapi "github.com/go-telegram-bot-api/telegram-bot-api/v5"
+	"github.com/probakowski/go-satel"
 )
 
+const (
+	MaximumMessagesPerMinute = 2
+	NanosecondsPerMinute     = 6e10
+)
+
+type TgEvent struct {
+	msg tgbotapi.MessageConfig
+}
+
+func tg_sender_worker(tg_events <-chan TgEvent, bot *tgbotapi.BotAPI, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
+	wg.Add(1)
+	defer wg.Done()
+	lastExecutionTime := time.Now()
+	minimumTimeBetweenEachExecution := time.Duration(math.Ceil(NanosecondsPerMinute / MaximumMessagesPerMinute))
+	_, shouldOmitTg := os.LookupEnv("OMIT_TG")
+
+	for ev := range tg_events {
+		defer func() { lastExecutionTime = time.Now() }()
+
+		time.Sleep(minimumTimeBetweenEachExecution - time.Since(lastExecutionTime))
+		fmt.Println("Will send to TG: ", ev.msg.Text)
+		if shouldOmitTg {
+			continue
+		}
+		_, err := bot.Send(ev.msg)
+		if err != nil {
+			// TODO: handle it better
+			panic(err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func send_tg_message(tg_events chan TgEvent, msg tgbotapi.MessageConfig) {
+	tg_events <- TgEvent{msg}
+}
+
 func main() {
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	tg_events := make(chan TgEvent)
 	satel_api_addr := flag.String("satel-addr", "", "Address that should be used to connect to the SATEL device")
 	satel_api_port := flag.String("satel-port", "7094", "Port that should be used to connect to the SATEL device")
 	chat_id_raw := flag.String("tg-chat-id", "", "Telegram Chat ID where to send updates. Use \",\" to specify multiple IDs.")
@@ -44,16 +85,18 @@ func main() {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
+	go tg_sender_worker(tg_events, bot, &wg)
+
 	for e, ok := <-s.Events; ok; e, ok = <-s.Events {
 		fmt.Println("Change from SATEL: ", "type", e.Type, "index", e.Index, "value", e.Value)
 		for _, chat_id := range chat_ids {
 			msg := tgbotapi.NewMessage(chat_id, fmt.Sprintf("Change from SATEL: Zone: %d Type: %s Value: %t",
 				e.Index, e.Type, e.Value))
 
-		    if _, err := bot.Send(msg); err != nil {
+			send_tg_message(tg_events, msg)
-		    	// TODO: retry sending later in case of problems
-	            panic(err)
-	        }
 		}
 	}
+
+	close(tg_events)
+	wg.Wait()
 }