python throttling

throttle.py

import time

def create_throttled_function(func, period):
    """Creates a throttled version of the given function that can only be called once every 'period' seconds."""
    
    last_called = [0]

    def throttled_function(*args, **kwargs):
        nonlocal last_called
        current_time = time.time()
        if current_time - last_called[0] >= period:
            last_called[0] = current_time
            return func(*args, **kwargs)

    return throttled_function

# Example usage
def my_function():
    print("Function is called")

throttled_my_function = create_throttled_function(my_function, 2)

# Testing the throttled function
throttled_my_function()  # This call will work
time.sleep(1)
throttled_my_function()  # This call will be ignored since it's within 2 seconds of the last call
time.sleep(2)
throttled_my_function()  # This call will work, as it's 2 seconds after the last call