code: def setTimer(self, timeout, description=None):
          
          self.timerId += 1
          timer = Timer(timeout, self.__timeoutHandler, (self.timerId, description))
          timer.start()
          self.timers[self.timerId] = timer
          return self.timerId
docs: Sets a timer.
  
          :param description:
          :param timeout: timeout in seconds
          :return: the timerId