nodejs-timer

nodejs-timer

Timer for Node.js

Installation

npm i nodejs-timer

require

const { Timer } = require('nodejs-timer');

Links

npm package
Github page

Usage

• Construction
• start
• clear (stop)
• isRunning
• trigger

Construction

new Timer(timeoutEvent) -> Timer

// Create a timer
const timer = new Timer((param) => {
  console.log(param);
});

timeoutEvent

Required
Type: (param: any) => void;

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start

timer.start(ms, param) -> boolean

Returns false if the timer is already running. otherwise, return true.

// start the timer
timer.start(1000, 'Hello nodejs-timer');

ms

Required
Type: number
Desc: milliseconds to trigger timeoutEvent

param

Optional
Type: any
Desc: Parameter pass to timeoutEvent

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clear(stop)

timer.clear() -> boolean

Stop the timer. Returns true if the timer is running. otherwise, return false.

// clear (stop) the timer
timer.clear();

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isRunning

timer.isRunning() -> boolean

Returns true is the timer is running. otherwise, return false.

// Get the time isRunning
timer.isRunning();

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trigger

timer.trigger(param) -> void

// trigger the timeoutEvent
timer.trigger('Hello nodejs-timer from trigger');

param

Optional
Type: any
Desc: Parameter pass to timeoutEvent