periodic task using asyncio

.vscode/launch.json

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
             "request": "launch",
             "module": "kiwi_simple_metrics.main",
             "env": {
+                "METRIC__INTERVAL": "5",
                 "METRIC__DISK__PATHS": "[\"/var\", \"/\", \"/dev\"]",
             },
             "justMyCode": true

kiwi_simple_metrics/main.py

@@ -1,14 +1,28 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
+import asyncio
+
 from . import metrics
+from .settings import SETTINGS
+
+
+async def run_metrics() -> None:
+    while True:
+        interval = asyncio.sleep(SETTINGS.interval)
+
+        print(metrics.Report.concat(
+            metrics.cpu(),
+            metrics.memory(),
+            metrics.disk(),
+        ))
+
+        await interval
 
 
 def main() -> None:
-    print(metrics.Report.concat(
-        metrics.cpu(),
-        metrics.memory(),
-        metrics.disk(),
-    ))
+    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+    loop.create_task(run_metrics())
+    loop.run_forever()
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

kiwi_simple_metrics/settings.py

@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
         env_nested_delimiter="__",
     )
 
+    # time between gathering reports
+    interval: float = 600
+
     # separates metrics and values in reports
     separator: str = ", "