added extra data flushing event with separate trigger time

code/main.py

@@ -14,45 +14,28 @@ from database import connect
 config = ConfigParser()
 config.read(Path(__file__).parent / 'defaults.ini')
 REPLICATES = int(config.get('main', 'replicates'))
-USER_ID = int(config.get('main', 'user_id'))
 TRIGGER_INTERVAL_SECONDS = float(
     config.get(
         'main',
         'trigger_interval_seconds'
     )
 )
+DATA_QUEUE_FLUSH_INTERVAL_SECONDS = float(
+    config.get(
+        'main',
+        'data_queue_flush_interval_seconds'
+    )
+)
 
 
-def event(
+def flush_data(
-    replicates: int = REPLICATES,
+    data_queue: Queue,
-    user_id: int = USER_ID
+    user_id: int
-):
+) -> None:
-    logging.debug('started event')
+    # connect to database
-    # load environment variables
-    replicates = int(os.getenv('REPLICATES', default=REPLICATES))
-    user_id = int(os.getenv('USER_ID', default=USER_ID))
-    # setup data queue
-    data_queue: Queue = Queue()
-    # run event
-    for rep_num in range(replicates):
-        logging.debug(f'running replicate {rep_num+1} of {replicates}')
-        # do measurement
-        try:
-            data = measure_bandwidth()
-        except Exception as e:
-            logging.error(f'failed to measure bandwidth: {e}')
-            continue
-        # add data to queue
-        data_queue.put(data)
-        # polite pause
-        time.sleep(1)
-    # check if queue should be flushed
-    queue_size = data_queue.qsize()
-    if queue_size == 0:
-        logging.debug('queue empty, continuing')
-        return
-    # flush queue to database
     db = connect()
+    # flush queue
+    queue_size = data_queue.qsize()
     for i in range(queue_size):
         # get data
         data = data_queue.get()
@@ -78,26 +61,78 @@ def event(
     logging.debug('finished')
 
 
+def event(
+    data_queue: Queue,
+    user_id: int,
+    replicates: int = REPLICATES
+) -> None:
+    # run event
+    for rep_num in range(replicates):
+        logging.debug(f'running replicate {rep_num+1} of {replicates}')
+        # do measurement
+        try:
+            data = measure_bandwidth()
+        except Exception as e:
+            logging.error(f'failed to measure bandwidth: {e}')
+            continue
+        # add data to queue
+        data_queue.put(data)
+        # polite pause
+        time.sleep(1)
+    # flush queue
+    if data_queue.qsize() > 0:
+        flush_data(
+            data_queue=data_queue,
+            user_id=user_id
+        )
+    logging.debug('finished')
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # setup
     initialise_app()
-    trigger_time = time.time()
+    user_id = int(os.getenv('USER_ID', default=0))
-    while True:
+    replicates = int(os.getenv('REPLICATES', default=REPLICATES))
-        if time.time() >= trigger_time:
-            logging.debug('triggered event')
-            # set new trigger time
     trigger_interval = float(
         os.getenv(
             'TRIGGER_INTERVAL_SECONDS',
             default=TRIGGER_INTERVAL_SECONDS
         )
     )
+    data_flush_interval = float(
+        os.getenv(
+            'DATA_QUEUE_FLUSH_INTERVAL_SECONDS',
+            default=DATA_QUEUE_FLUSH_INTERVAL_SECONDS
+        )
+    )
+    data_queue: Queue = Queue()
+    # start main loop
+    trigger_time = time.time()
+    data_flush_time = trigger_time + data_flush_interval
+    while True:
+        # measure event
+        if time.time() >= trigger_time:
+            logging.debug('triggered event')
+            # set new trigger time
             trigger_time += trigger_interval
             # run event
-            try:
+            event(
-                event()
+                data_queue=data_queue,
-            except Exception as e:
+                user_id=user_id,
-                logging.error(e)
+                replicates=replicates
-            else:
+            )
-                logging.info('finished event')
+        # extra data flush
+        if (
+            time.time() >= data_flush_time and 
+            data_queue.qsize() > 0
+        ):
+            logging.debug('triggered extra data flush')
+            # set new trigger time
+            data_flush_time += data_flush_interval
+            # flush data
+            flush_data(
+                data_queue=data_queue,
+                user_id=user_id
+            )
         # polite pause
         time.sleep(1)