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timeout-refresh
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Efficiently refresh a timer
npm install timeout-refresh
Uses timeout.refresh in Node.
In the browser a basic clearTimeout + setTimeout is used since no other method exists
const Timeout = require('timeout-refresh')
const to = Timeout.once(100, function () {
console.log('Timed out!')
})
const i = setInterval(function () {
// refresh every 50ms
to.refresh()
}, 50)
setTimeout(function () {
// cancel the refresh after 500ms
clearInterval(i)
setTimeout(function () {
console.log('Should have timed out now')
}, 200)
}, 500)
to = Timeout.once(ms, ontimeout, [context])Make a new refreshable timeout that fires once.
If you pass context, it will be set as this when calling ontimeout.
to = Timeout.on(ms, ontimeout, [context])Make a new refreshable timeout that fires every ms.
If you pass context, it will be set as this when calling ontimeout.
to.unref()Unref the timer.
to.ref()Ref the timer.
to.refresh()Refresh the timeout.
to.destroy()Destroy the timeout.
MIT
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Efficiently refresh a timer
The npm package timeout-refresh receives a total of 29,405 weekly downloads. As such, timeout-refresh popularity was classified as popular.
We found that timeout-refresh 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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