import sys import time import threading class Spinner: busy = False delay = 0.1 @staticmethod def spinning_cursor(): while 1: for cursor in '|/-\\': yield cursor def __init__(self, delay=None): self.spinner_generator = self.spinning_cursor() if delay and float(delay): self.delay = delay def spinner_task(self): while self.busy: sys.stdout.write(next(self.spinner_generator)) sys.stdout.flush() time.sleep(self.delay) sys.stdout.write('\b') sys.stdout.flush() def __enter__(self): self.busy = True threading.Thread(target=self.spinner_task).start() def __exit__(self, exception, value, tb): self.busy = False time.sleep(self.delay) if exception is not None: return False