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+# pylint: disable=C0111,R0903
+
+"""
+Module for ActivityWatch (https://activitywatch.net/)
+Displays the amount of time the system was used actively.
+
+Requirements:
+    * sqlite3 module for python
+    * ActivityWatch
+
+Errors:
+    * when you get 'error: unable to open database file', modify the parameter 'database' to your ActivityWatch database file
+    -> often found by running 'locate aw-server/peewee-sqlite.v2.db'
+
+Parameters:
+    * usage.database: path to your database file
+    * usage.format: Specify what gets printed to the bar
+    -> use 'HH', 'MM' or 'SS', they will get replaced by the number of hours, minutes and seconds, respectively
+
+contributed by lasnikr (https://github.com/lasnikr)
+"""
+
+import sqlite3
+import os
+
+import core.module
+import core.widget
+
+
+class Module(core.module.Module):
+    def __init__(self, config, theme):
+        super().__init__(config, theme, core.widget.Widget(self.output))
+        self.__usage = ""
+
+    def output(self, _):
+        return "{}".format(self.__usage)
+
+    def update(self):
+        database_loc = self.parameter(
+            "database", "~/.local/share/activitywatch/aw-server/peewee-sqlite.v2.db"
+        )
+        home = os.path.expanduser("~")
+
+        database = sqlite3.connect(database_loc.replace("~", home))
+        cursor = database.cursor()
+
+        cursor.execute("SELECT key, id FROM bucketmodel")
+
+        bucket_id = 1
+
+        for tuple in cursor.fetchall():
+            if "aw-watcher-afk" in tuple[1]:
+                bucket_id = tuple[0]
+
+        cursor.execute(
+            f"SELECT duration, datastr FROM eventmodel WHERE bucket_id = {bucket_id} "
+            + 'AND strftime("%Y,%m,%d", timestamp) = strftime("%Y,%m,%d", "now")'
+        )
+
+        duration = 0
+
+        for tuple in cursor.fetchall():
+            if '{"status": "not-afk"}' in tuple[1]:
+                duration += tuple[0]
+
+        hours = "%.0f" % (duration // 3600)
+        minutes = "%.0f" % ((duration % 3600) // 60)
+        seconds = "%.0f" % (duration % 60)
+
+        formatting = self.parameter("format", "HHh, MMmin")
+        self.__usage = (
+            formatting.replace("HH", hours)
+            .replace("MM", minutes)
+            .replace("SS", seconds)
+        )
+
+
+# vim: tabstop=8 expandtab shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4