Remove socketio from Worker for the moment

src/main.py

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ web = Web(app, print_queue)
 # Start worker thread
 # When created, the worker will try to find printers connected to the system
 try:
-    worker = PrintWorker(app, print_queue, socketio)
+    worker = PrintWorker(app, print_queue)
     worker.start()
 except Exception as e:
     app.logger.error("Could not start the worker because %s ", str(e))

src/worker.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-# This is the main printing thread
+"""
-# As explained in the task file, this is where we command
+This is the main printing thread. A worker thread consums Tasks from
-# printing to happen.
+ a PrintQueue, while trying to find available printers.
+"""
 
 import threading
 import time
@@ -8,13 +9,21 @@ from printers import Printers
 
 
 class PrintWorker(threading.Thread):
-    def __init__(self, app, print_queue, socketio=None):
+    """
+    A thread used to consume Tasks added to a Print Queue.
+
+    On initialisation, the worker will try to find Printers,
+    and on each print, choose an available Printer from a list of Printers.
+
+    If a print fails, it's not retried, but will be added to a list of completed
+    tasks.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, app, print_queue):
         super().__init__(daemon=True)
         self.app = app
         self.print_queue = print_queue
         self.printer = None
         self._lock = threading.Lock()
-        self.socketio = socketio  # Optional
         self.running = True
         self.state = "idle"  # idle, printing, dead, drinking-a-beer
         self.app.logger.debug("Ho great, I'm alive... I'm ready to work another day...")
@@ -30,8 +39,8 @@ class PrintWorker(threading.Thread):
     def run(self):
         """Background thread that processes queue items"""
         self.app.logger.debug("Worker %s started working.", threading.get_ident())
-        self.app.logger.debug("Current threads : %s" % threading.active_count())
+        self.app.logger.debug("Current threads : %s" , threading.active_count())
-        self.app.logger.debug("Threads actives : %s " % threading.enumerate())
+        self.app.logger.debug("Threads actives : %s " , threading.enumerate())
 
         while True:
 
@@ -40,7 +49,8 @@ class PrintWorker(threading.Thread):
                 time.sleep(0.2)
                 continue
 
-            # If we have no available printer, we look at the list printers we know about, and try to find one that is available.
+            # If we have no available printer, we look at the list printers
+            # we know about, and try to find one that is available.
             # When we find a printer, we acquire it
             # When we are finished with a printer, we release it to the world.
             while not self.printer or not self.printer.ready:
@@ -79,7 +89,6 @@ class PrintWorker(threading.Thread):
                         self.app.logger.info("Got a new task")
                         self.app.logger.debug("Got task %s", task.task_id)
                         task.status = "processing"
-                        self._emit_status(task.task_id, "processing")
 
                         print_data = task.get_print_data()
 
@@ -92,9 +101,8 @@ class PrintWorker(threading.Thread):
 
                         task.status = "completed"
                         self.print_queue.mark_completed(task.task_id, "completed")
-                        self._emit_status(task.task_id, "completed")
                         self.app.logger.debug(
-                            "Finished printing task %s " % task.task_id
+                            "Finished printing task %s " , task.task_id
                         )
                         self.state = "idle"
 
@@ -102,9 +110,8 @@ class PrintWorker(threading.Thread):
                         task.status = "failed"
                         self.state = "idle"
                         self.print_queue.mark_completed(task.task_id, "failed")
-                        self._emit_status(task.task_id, "failed", error=str(e))
                         self.app.logger.error(
-                            "Could not print task %s because %s " % task.task_id, str(e)
+                            "Could not print task %s because %s " , task.task_id, str(e)
                         )
 
                 else:
@@ -112,23 +119,6 @@ class PrintWorker(threading.Thread):
                     self.state = "idle"
                     time.sleep(0.1)
 
-    def _emit_status(self, task_id, status, error=None):
-        """Emit status update via Socket.IO if available"""
-        if not self.socketio:
-            return
-
-        room = f"task_{task_id}"
-        data = {
-            "task_id": task_id,
-            "status": status,
-            "position": None,  # Task no longer in queue
-        }
-
-        if error:
-            data["error"] = error
-
-        self.socketio.emit("task_status", data, room=room)
-
     def stop_worker(self):
         """
         Give the worker a break