In Python, how to execute ActionGroup with a delay?

In the UI when specifying an Action Group as the action for something, you can "Delay by" some time period. Is it possible to do the same thing in an embedded Python script? I see I can execute a specific Action Group, e.g. using

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indigo.actionGroup.execute(123)

but there is no obvious way to schedule the execution after some delay.

My use case is actually to be able to use a variable (containing the number of seconds) when delaying actions. The UI doesn't let me do this currently, so I deduced I should do this in script. But then I realized I couldn't execute delayed Action Groups.

Am I missing something? What's a suggested way to do this? For more context, I have a process of turning some lights off after an absence of motion. I want the amount of time to be configurable as a variable, because I expect I'll need to tweak it up/down at times.

Thanks!

[jay (support)]

In the case of a script, you just delay the script before executing the action:

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import time
time.sleep(NUMBEROFSECONDSHERE)
indigo.actionGroup.execute(123)

If you are delaying for more than 10 seconds, you'll want to make your script an external script (rather than embedded - typed into the text box on the Execute Script action). Embedded scripts have a maximum of 10 seconds to complete, but script files are started in their own process and can run as long as necessary.

Thanks Jay.

Any plans to allow the value of a variable for the "Delay by" time?

[jay (support)]

You can get the variable value in the script and use it in the delay:

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import time
delayVar = indigo.variables[IDOFVARIABLEHERE]
time.sleep(int(delayVar.value))
indigo.actionGroup.execute(123)