remove cron

Readme.md

@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ This is a Gadgetbridge MQTT bridge for TrueNAS Scale, which allows you to connec
   - your Timezone
   - environment variables for your MQTT broker
   - your DEVICE_NAME. (Can be skipped first time: If you start the app with "unknown" as DEVICE_NAME, you will see all devices from the Gadgetbridge Database in your App Log.)
+  - create ```Config``` Dataset in TrueNAS Scale with App Preset "Generic"
+  - write your compose.yaml into the Config Dataset, e.g. ```sudo nano /mnt/Data/Apps/GadgetbridgeMqtt/Config/compose.yaml```
+  - use the Console give admin access (instead of root) e.g:```sudo chown -R 950:950 /mnt/Data/Apps/GadgetbridgeMqtt/App``` (this should prevent apps to modify the config?)
 - include it in your TrueNAS Scale Custom Apps e.g. ```include: [/mnt/Data/Apps/GadgetbridgeMqtt/Config/compose.yaml]```
 - start the app
-  - find your DEVICE_NAME in the App Log and set it in the compose.yaml, then restart the app
+  - find your DEVICE_NAME in the App Log and set it in the compose.yaml, then restart
-  - (AI told me to ignore the cron setup error)

compose.yaml

@@ -6,23 +6,21 @@ services:
     network_mode: host
     working_dir: /app
     volumes:
-      - /mnt/Data/Apps/GadgetbridgeMqtt/App:/app
+      - /mnt/Data/Apps/GadgetbridgeMqtt/App:/app # Create Dataset with App Preset in TrueNAS Scale
-      - /mnt/Data/Apps/GadgetbridgeMqtt/Logs:/app/logs
+      - /mnt/Data/Apps/GadgetbridgeMqtt/Logs:/app/logs # Create Dataset with App Preset in TrueNAS Scale
-      - /mnt/Data/Apps/Nextcloud10/data/oliver/files/Backups/Android/Apps/Gadgetbridge/GadgetbridgeOld.db:/data/Gadgetbridge.db:ro
+      - /mnt/Data/Apps/*****/Gadgetbridge/Gadgetbridge.db:/data/Gadgetbridge.db:ro
     environment:
-      - TZ=Europe/Berlin
+      - TZ=Europe/Berlin # Get from e.g. https://webbrowsertools.com/timezone/ -> Timezone info Table -> Timezone
       - MQTT_BROKER=192.168.***.***
       - MQTT_PORT=1883
       - MQTT_USERNAME=*****
       - MQTT_PASSWORD=*****
       - GADGETBRIDGE_DB_PATH=/data/Gadgetbridge.db
-      - DEVICE_NAME="unknown"  # Set your device name here, or leave as "unknown" to see all devices in the logs
+      - DEVICE_NAME="unknown"
       - PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+      - PUBLISH_INTERVAL_SECONDS=300
     command: >
       sh -c "
-        apt-get update && 
-        apt-get install -y cron &&
         pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt &&
-        python setup.py &&
+        python main.py
-        cron -f
       "

main.py

@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ class GadgetbridgeMQTTPublisher:
         self.device_name = re.sub(r"\W+", "_", raw_name).lower()
         self.load_config()
         self.mqtt_client = None
+        self.publish_interval = int(
+            os.getenv("PUBLISH_INTERVAL_SECONDS", "300")
+        )  # <-- Add this
 
     def setup_logging(self):
         """Setup logging configuration"""
@@ -258,10 +261,14 @@ class GadgetbridgeMQTTPublisher:
             ) as client:
                 self.mqtt_client = client
                 await self.setup_home_assistant_entities()
-                steps_data = self.get_steps_data()
+                while True:
-                if steps_data:
+                    steps_data = self.get_steps_data()
-                    await self.publish_steps_data(steps_data)
+                    if steps_data:
-                self.logger.info("Gadgetbridge MQTT Publisher completed")
+                        await self.publish_steps_data(steps_data)
+                    self.logger.info(
+                        f"Sleeping for {self.publish_interval} seconds before next publish..."
+                    )
+                    await asyncio.sleep(self.publish_interval)
         except Exception as e:
             self.logger.error(f"Failed to connect to MQTT broker: {e}")
 
@@ -370,6 +377,6 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         time.sleep(600)
         print("Terminating script.")
         exit(0)
-    # Original code follows, only runs if device_name is present and valid
+    # continuous publisher only runs if device_name is present and valid
     publisher = GadgetbridgeMQTTPublisher()
     asyncio.run(publisher.run())