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PPA Tools PPA Tools: Timing

Summary

This module contains actions used to sleep & display countdowns in a PPA task.

Actions

ppa_tools.timing.

sleep

Wait a certain number of seconds before continuing the task.

Minimum Plugin Version: 1.1.0

Input

  • seconds: the number of seconds to wait

  • progress_bar: set to true to display a progress bar while the task waits

  • start_text: the start text if progress_bar is true (defaults to The task is waiting for x seconds...)

  • end_text: the end text if progress_bar is true (defaults to The task will now continue)

Output

Nothing is outputted by this action.

Example
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- ppa_tools.timing.sleep:
    seconds: 10
    progress_bar: true
    start_text: Pausing the task for 10 seconds...
    end_text: The 10 second pause is complete

Remember

You must set progress_bar to true for any supplied text to be displayed.

ppa_tools.timing.

visual_countdown

Start a countdown displayed in a markdown document.

The task will wait until the countdown is complete before moving to the next action.

Minimum Plugin Version: 1.1.0

Input

  • doc: optional markdown to display with the countdown timer

  • seconds: the number of seconds to count down from

  • refresh_interval: the number of seconds between visual countdown refreshes (defaults to 3)

Output

Nothing is outputted by this action.

Example
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- ppa_tools.timing.visual_countdown:
     doc: >
       {{ globals.icons.ppa.small }}

       This is a visual countdown timer...
     seconds: 10
     refresh_interval: 1
Playbook Example Screenshot

visual-countdown