@arndesk/awaitdelay

A Node Js utility to add timeouts to promises

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Get Started

Installation

Use npm to install this package:

npm install @arndesk/awaitdelay

Usage

Here's a basic example of how to use awaitdelay in your code:

// ES Modules import
import awaitdelay from '@arndesk/awaitdelay';
// CommonJS require
const awaitdelay = require('@arndesk/awaitdelay');

// Async function to use the awaitdelay function
async function main() {
  const slowPromise = new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(() => resolve('Resolved'), 5000));

  try {
    const result = await awaitdelay(slowPromise, { timeout: 5000 }); // 5 seconds timeout
    console.log(result);
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(error.message);
  }
}

main();

Features

• Provides a straightforward way to add timeouts to promises
• Easily adjustable timeout duration
• Compatible with both ES Modules and CommonJS
• Useful in a wide range of JavaScript and TypeScript projects