After the tkinter gui is open i want to change the name every x seconds referencing from an api in my code
ws.mainloop() # ----------------------------------------- starttime = time.time() while True: Value1 = data["session"]["gameType"] Value2 = data["session"]["mode"] Value3 = ' / ' Value = Value1 + Value3 + Value2 ws.title(Value.lower()) time.sleep(60.0 - ((time.time() - starttime) % 60.0)) After the gui opens anything below it does not get ran until the program is closed.
You can use .after() to run a function after given delay:
after(ms, func=None, *args) Call function once after given time. 'ms' specifies the time in milliseconds. 'func' gives the function which shall be called. Additional parameters are given as parameters to the function call. Return identifier to cancel scheduling with after_cancel. Below is an example:
def update_title(starttime=time.time()): Value1 = data["session"]["gameType"] Value2 = data["session"]["mode"] Value3 = ' / ' Value = Value1 + Value3 + Value2 ws.title(Value.lower()) delay = 60.0 - ((time.time() - starttime) % 60.0) # schedule next function execution ws.after(int(delay*1000), update_title, starttime) update_title() # start the periodic update task ws.mainloop() 
ws.after(...) to call update_title instead of update?
mainloopwill not exit until the application is closed, and should be the last thing in yourmain. You must usews.afterto request a callback after a certain amount of time. You must think "event driven", and not linear.