Python script: testing time an if/then condition

Is it possible to get the current time - hours or hours&min for use in a conditional test? - e.g. if current time is >1630 and < 2200, then...
I have fussed around with the following, but have been unable to log any values obtained.

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indigo.server.getTime()
indigo.server.getTime().time()
indigo.server.log("time{}".format(time))

Note - I haven't defined a variable for time.

Dates and time are a little bit tricky, but once you get the hang of it, it's not too bad.

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t = indigo.server.getTime()
indigo.server.log(u"{0}".format(t))

>>> 2019-10-11 06:42:52.688000

This code results in t which is a datetime object:

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t = indigo.server.getTime()
indigo.server.log(u"{0}".format(type(t)))

>>> <type 'datetime.datetime'>


I would suggest doing a Google search for 'working with dates in python' or something similar to get a leg up.

Is it possible to get the current time - hours or hours&min for use in a conditional test? - e.g. if current time is >1630 and < 2200, then...
I have fussed around with the following, but have been unable to log any values obtained.

Hopefully this will help, it is a cut down of my bathroom lighting that basically sets the light to 10% brightness between 11pm and 7am otherwise set to 100%

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devLuxBath        = indigo.devices[1450400961]   # "Bathroom Fibaro Luminance Sensor"
devDiningLight    = indigo.devices[1519699078]   # "Dining Room Light"

now       = indigo.server.getTime()
time_07   = now.replace(hour= 7, minute=00, second=0, microsecond=0)
time_23   = now.replace(hour=23, minute=00, second=0, microsecond=0)

if not devDiningLight.onState:
   
   if (time_07 <= now <= time_23):
      x = 100
   else:
      x = 10   

   if  devLuxBath.sensorValue < 45:

         indigo.dimmer.setBrightness(devDiningLight,value=x)
     

For your times above you can use

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now         = indigo.server.getTime()
time_1630   = now.replace(hour=16, minute=30, second=0, microsecond=0)
time_2200   = now.replace(hour=22, minute=00, second=0, microsecond=0)

if (time_1630 <= now <= time_2200):
    #your code for time between 16:30 and 22:00
else:
    #code not between times above




Both replies were very helpful. Thank you.
New time question:
I am attempting to insert the date.time value into email text. The following is not working:

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now = indigo.server.getTime()
theBody = "On %now, the house was vacant, and the front door was opened" % (now.value)
#

I've also tried (now.name) - neither work.

[jay (support)]

Wrong syntax. Try this:

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now = indigo.server.getTime()
theBody = "On {}, the house was vacant, and the front door was opened".format(now)
#

Time is now in the text.
Next issue:
The Indigo Python Documentation has the following regarding variables:

Create a new Indigo variable named fooMonster, change its value multiple times, and delete it:

newVar = indigo.variable.create("fooMonster", "default value")
indigo.variable.updateValue(newVar, "asleep")
indigo.variable.updateValue(newVar, "awake")
indigo.variable.delete(newVar)

It is not clear to me the relationship between 'newVar' and 'fooMonster'. The three following lines using the new variable make no mention of the variable 'fooMonster'.
When I attempt to create a variable, 'theSubject', the script error is "valueError: NameNotUniqueError".

Here is one of my failed iterations:

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now = indigo.server.getTime()
theAddress = indigo.variables[236514828].getValue #email address
var1 = indigo.variable.create("theSubject", "Front Door Opened")
indigo.server.sendEmailTo(theAddress, subject=theSubject, body="some text")


In the last line, substituting 'var1' for 'theSubject' renders the same script error message.

What you're looking at is a Python object.

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newVar = indigo.variable.create("fooMonster", "default value")

The above code gets a copy of the Indigo variable object "fooMonster" and the variable 'newVar' refers to it. Because we don't have authority to access the actual Indigo object, we need to work with a copy.

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indigo.variable.updateValue(newVar, "asleep")

The above code tells Indigo to update the variable 'fooMonster" (which newVar refers to) to the value "asleep".

You can inspect the object yourself using many different techniques.

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indigo.server.log(u"{0}".format(newVar))
indigo.server.log(u"{0}".format(type(newVar)))
indigo.server.log(u"{0}".format(dir(newVar)))


Fair warning -- once you start to get the hang of Python in Indigo (and therefore its potential), your spare time will be consumed with all the new possibilities. I look forward to your first plugin!

don't hold your breath. - but I am having fun.
Wouldn't be anywhere without the help from you and others.

I give up - can't make the email work.
BTW, I know I am making this unnecessarily complicated, but my method is to make something 'simple' work before a bigger challenge.
Why isn't this running?:

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now = indigo.server.getTime()
varA = indigo.variables[236514828] #email address
theAddress = "%s" % (varA.name)
indigo.server.sendEmailTo(address=theAddress, subject = "BRK House-front door opened", body = "some text")

varA.value also fails.
And what is the nature of the '%s' thing? - it's a line specific variable?

Unless the name of the variable is your email address, what you want is the variable value.

You don't need to convert the variable value to a string, because it's already a string.

Also, the parameter for your email address should not be 'address'. According to the docs, the email address is a direct parameter. Try this:

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now = indigo.server.getTime()
varA = indigo.variables[236514828] #email address
indigo.server.sendEmailTo(varA.value, subject="BRK House-front door opened", body="some text")


Should work.

Sorry, missed your other question.

And what is the nature of the '%s' thing? - it's a line specific variable?

The '%s' thing is used to insert things into a string. So you might have:

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var = 2
indigo.server.log(u"The value of the number is: %s" % var)

I would encourage you to use a different string formatting technique, which should be more future proof and has other benefits that I won't get into now..

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var = 2
indigo.server.log(u"The {0} of the number is: {1}".format("value", var))

This is a great description of the 'dot format' and '%s' string specifiers.

The email address continues to fail.

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now = indigo.server.getTime()
varA = indigo.variables[236514828] #email address
hseVcnt = indigo.variables[1176596514].getValue(bool)
theBody = "The house is vacant, and the front door was opened at %s" % (now.value)
theBody2 = "The house is vacant, and the front door was opened at {}" .format(now.value)
indigo.server.sendEmailTo(varA.value, subject = "BRK House-front door opened", body = "some text")

1. Address suggestion?
2. Skipping ahead to the next issue (which may or may not work, as the script above fails with theBody variable commented out, I've tried two approaches to inserting the date/time into the body. Are they correct?
3. How do I limit the time to HH:MM?

1. It's tough to know how the email address is failing without the error message that you're getting. If your variable is set to a full email address, then it should work. I've tested the indigo.server.sendEmailTo() function with an email address and it does work.

2. and 3. The time component would be done like this:

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import datetime
now = indigo.server.getTime()
now_formatted = datetime.datetime.strftime(now, "%H:%M")


The code above converts the date/time to a string so it should insert with no problem.

[matt (support)]

Are you sure that you have the variable ID number correct in the script (for the email address variable)?

And do you maybe have some blank spaces or other characters before/after the email address that are causing a problem?

My mistake on the address - the failure was the var 'theBody', not the address.
I have made several tries at getting the time into the body, as below - none of which worked:

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import datetime
now = indigo.server.getTime()
now_formatted = datetime.datetime.strftime(now, "%H:%M")
varA = indigo.variables[180461382] #email address
hseVcnt = indigo.variables[1176596514].getValue(bool)

# theBody = "The house is vacant, and the front door was opened at %s" % (now.value)
# theBody = "The house is vacant, and the front door was opened at {}" .format("value", now_formatted))
# theBody = "The house is vacant, and the front door was opened at {}" .format("value", now))
theBody = "some text"
# if hseVcnt
indigo.server.sendEmailTo(varA.value, subject = "BRK House-front door opened", body = theBody)