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Yet another wrapper for functions that returns promise to retry rejected attempts. But this one with advanced **flexibility**.
Yet another wrapper for functions that returns promise to retry rejected attempts.
But this one with advanced flexibility.
import promiseAgain from 'promise-again';
function someFunctionReturningAPromise() {
...
}
const wrappedFunction = promiseAgain(
/**
* A function that returns a promise
**/
someFunctionReturningAPromise,
{
/**
* Optional. Delay in milisecconds or a function that returns a delay
* or a function that returns a promise that resolves to a delay.
*
* @param reason - reason of the last rejection;
* @param attempt - number of used attempts;
* @param ...args - last attempt arguments;
*
* @returns {number | Promise<number>} - modified arguments to be used in the next attempt or a promise that is resolved to such arguments;
**/
delay: 1000, /*number | ((attempt: number, ...args: any[]) => number | Promise<number>)*/
/**
* Required. Number of attempts or function that returns true or a Promise that resolved to true if retry is needed;
*
* @param reason - reason of the last rejection;
* @param attempt - number of used attempts;
* @param ...args - last attempt arguments;
*
* @returns {boolean | Promise<any[]>} - modified arguments to be used in the next attempt or a promise that is resolved to such arguments;
**/
attempts: 10, /*number | ((attempt: number, ...args: any[]) => boolean | Promise<boolean>);*/
/**
* Optional. Function that is called before every retry attempt to modify next attempt arguments;
*
* @param reason - reason of the last rejection;
* @param attempt - number of used attempts;
* @param ...args - last attempt arguments;
*
* @returns {any[] | Promise<any[]>} - modified arguments to be used in the next attempt or a promise that is resolved to such arguments;
**/
retryArgumentsInterceptor: (reason, attempt, ...args) => args /*(reason: any, attempt: number, ...args: any[]) => any[] | Promise<any[]>;*/
}
)
wrappedFunction().then();
FAQs
Yet another wrapper for functions that returns promise to retry rejected attempts. But this one with advanced **flexibility**.
The npm package promise-again receives a total of 6 weekly downloads. As such, promise-again popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that promise-again demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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