From dc7a6551c5e87589c7851973304323e257f54ce4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?dni=20=E2=9A=A1?= <office@dnilabs.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 12:48:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] chore: deprecate get_current_extension_name (#2280)

---
 lnbits/helpers.py | 4 ++++
 lnbits/tasks.py   | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lnbits/helpers.py b/lnbits/helpers.py
index 356f97f08..3135c43cf 100644
--- a/lnbits/helpers.py
+++ b/lnbits/helpers.py
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ def template_renderer(additional_folders: Optional[List] = None) -> Jinja2Templa
 
 def get_current_extension_name() -> str:
     """
+    DEPRECATED: Use the repo name instead, will be removed in the future
+    before: `register_invoice_listener(invoice_queue, get_current_extension_name())`
+    after: `register_invoice_listener(invoice_queue, "my-extension")`
+
     Returns the name of the extension that calls this method.
     """
     import inspect
diff --git a/lnbits/tasks.py b/lnbits/tasks.py
index 8af1d752d..3a565449d 100644
--- a/lnbits/tasks.py
+++ b/lnbits/tasks.py
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ class SseListenersDict(dict):
 invoice_listeners: Dict[str, asyncio.Queue] = SseListenersDict("invoice_listeners")
 
 
+# TODO: name should not be optional
+# some extensions still dont use a name, but they should
 def register_invoice_listener(send_chan: asyncio.Queue, name: Optional[str] = None):
     """
     A method intended for extensions (and core/tasks.py) to call when they want to be