from threading import Timer def debounce(wait): """ Decorator that will postpone a functions execution until after wait seconds have elapsed since the last time it was invoked. """ def decorator(fn): def debounced(*args, **kwargs): def call_it(): fn(*args, **kwargs) try: debounced.t.cancel() except(AttributeError): pass debounced.t = Timer(wait, call_it) debounced.t.start() return debounced return decorator