From 943361453a3149ce0c144c2c283c64b47e79576d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pierre Gironde <pierre@pgironde.fr>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 08:30:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add debounce_seconds parameter to EventDispatcher for
 event trigger management

---
 eventhandler.py | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/eventhandler.py b/eventhandler.py
index 73d4023..4c2e736 100644
--- a/eventhandler.py
+++ b/eventhandler.py
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ import json
 #         <field>: <value>
 #       reset_data:                         # optional — latch reset filter
 #         <field>: <value>
+#       debounce_seconds: <float>           # optional — ignore re-triggers within
+#                                           #   this delay (seconds).  Useful for
+#                                           #   buttons that fire duplicate events.
 #
 # Usage:
 #   handler = EventHandler(ad_api, self.args['events_to_listen'], my_callback)
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@ import json
 # =============================================================================
 
 class EventDispatcher:
-    def __init__(self,ad_api,event_name,callback,event_data,reset_data,event_context):
+    def __init__(self,ad_api,event_name,callback,event_data,reset_data,event_context,debounce_seconds=None):
         self.ad_api = ad_api
         event_data = self._resolve_zha_device_name(event_data)
         reset_data = self._resolve_zha_device_name(reset_data)
@@ -67,6 +70,8 @@ class EventDispatcher:
         self.reset_data = reset_data
         self.waiting_for_reset = False
         self.event_context = event_context
+        self.debounce_seconds = debounce_seconds
+        self._last_trigger_time = None
         if event_data == None:
             self.ad_api.listen_event(self.on_event,event_name)
         else:
@@ -159,6 +164,13 @@ class EventDispatcher:
 
         #special threatment for event
         if match_event_data and not self.waiting_for_reset:
+            if self.debounce_seconds is not None:
+                import time
+                now = time.monotonic()
+                if self._last_trigger_time is not None and (now - self._last_trigger_time) < self.debounce_seconds:
+                    return False
+                self._last_trigger_time = now
+
             if self.reset_data != None: 
                 self.waiting_for_reset = True
             
@@ -173,7 +185,7 @@ class EventDispatcher:
 class EventHandler:
     def __init__(self, ad_api,events_block,callback,event_context = None): #event_context is passed back to the CB has a context
         def register_event_with_params(event_block,callback,event_context):            
-            self.add_dispatcher(event_block['event_name'],callback,event_block['event_data'] if 'event_data' in event_block else None, event_block['reset_data'] if 'reset_data' in event_block else None,event_context)
+            self.add_dispatcher(event_block['event_name'],callback,event_block['event_data'] if 'event_data' in event_block else None, event_block['reset_data'] if 'reset_data' in event_block else None,event_context, event_block.get('debounce_seconds'))
 
         self.__ad_api = ad_api
         self.event_dispatchers = []
@@ -185,7 +197,7 @@ class EventHandler:
             for event_block in events_block.values():
                 register_event_with_params(event_block,callback,event_context)
 
-    def add_dispatcher(self,event_name,callback,event_data = None,reset_data = None ,event_context = None):
+    def add_dispatcher(self,event_name,callback,event_data = None,reset_data = None ,event_context = None, debounce_seconds = None):
         self.__ad_api.log_info(f'Registering dispatcher {callback.__name__} for event "{event_name}" ({event_data})')
-        dispatcher = EventDispatcher(self.__ad_api,event_name,callback,event_data,reset_data,event_context)
+        dispatcher = EventDispatcher(self.__ad_api,event_name,callback,event_data,reset_data,event_context,debounce_seconds)
         self.event_dispatchers.append(dispatcher)
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