import time
import random
from PySide.QtCore import QObject, QThread, Signal, QFile, QTimer, Qt
from PySide.QtGui import QGroupBox, QGridLayout, QTextEdit, QApplication
from PySide.QtUiTools import QUiLoader


class Worker(QThread):

    # This is the signal that we'll emit every time
    # we load a new set of values from the url
    new_value = Signal(str,str)

    def __init__(self, url, *args, **kwargs):
        super(Worker, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        self.url = url
        self.start()

    def run(self):
        # Since we're going to run a mini event loop in the thread
        # we can create and use a timer here
        self.timer = QTimer()
        self.timer.start(5000)
        self.timer.timeout.connect(self.fetch_url)
        # Start the thread's event loop
        self.exec_()

    def fetch_url(self):
        # Doesn't matter how long this takes because it only
        # blocks the thread's event loop, not the GUI
        time.sleep(random.random() * 2)
        trades = str(random.random() * 25)
        posts = str(random.random() * 100)

        # communicate the values via the signal
        self.new_value.emit(trades, posts)


def loadui(file_name):
        loader = QUiLoader()
        uifile = QFile(file_name)
        uifile.open(QFile.ReadOnly)
        ui = loader.load(uifile)
        uifile.close()
        return ui



if __name__ == "__main__":
    import sys

    # Putting this in here because it requires access to MainWindow
    # which only exists if this part of the code runs.
    def create_topic(trades, posts):
        box = QGroupBox()
        grid = QGridLayout()
        nickname = QTextEdit()

        box.setFixedHeight(200)
        nickname.setText("%s : %s" % (trades, posts))

        grid.addWidget(nickname)
        box.setLayout(grid)

        # Access global variable MainWindow, defined below
        MainWindow.vlay.addWidget(box)

    app = QApplication(sys.argv)

    MainWindow = loadui("main.ui")
    MainWindow.vlay.setAlignment(Qt.AlignTop)
    timer = QTimer()
    timer.start(5000)
    id64 = '123'
    worker = Worker('http://www.tf2outpost.com/user /' + id64)
    worker.new_value.connect(create_topic)
    app.aboutToQuit.connect(worker.quit)

    MainWindow.show()
    app.exec_()
    worker.quit()
    worker.wait()