longer-timeout

Create timeouts longer than supported by setTimeout or setInterval.

Install

npm install longer-timeout

Usage

import {setLongerTimeout, clearLongerTimeout, setLongerInterval, clearLongerInterval} from 'longer-timeout';

const timer = setLongerTimeout(() => {
    console.log('10 seconds have passed.');
}, 10000);

clearLongerTimeout(timer);

const interval = setLongerInterval(() => {
    console.log('10 seconds have passed.');
}, 10000);

clearLongerInterval(interval);

API

setLongerTimeout(callback, timeout)

Execute callback after milliseconds have passed. Returns the timeout id. To stop the timeout, provide the id to clearLongerTimeout.

callback

The callback to execute.

timeout

Type: number | BigInt

The number of milliseconds to wait.

import {setLongerTimeout} from 'longer-timeout';

setLongerTimeout(() => {
    console.log('10 seconds have passed.');
}, 10000);

clearLongerTimeout(id)

Stop a timeout started by startLongerTimeout.

id

Type: BigInt

The id of the timeout to stop. This is returned when setLongerTimeout is called.

import {setLongerTimeout, clearLongerTimeout} from 'longer-timeout';

const timer = setLongerTimeout(() => {
    console.log('10 seconds have passed.');
}, 10000);

clearLongerTimeout(timer);

setLongerInterval(callback, interval)

Execute callback every milliseconds.

callback

The callback to execute.

interval

Type: number | BigInt

The number of milliseconds to wait between each execution.

import {setLongerInterval} from 'longer-timeout';

const timer = setLongerInterval(() => {
    console.log('10 seconds have passed.');
}, 10000);

clearLongerInterval(id)

Stop an interval started by startLongerInterval.

id

Type: BigInt

The id of the interval to stop. This is returned when setLongerInterval is called.

import {setLongerInterval, clearLongerInterval} from 'longer-timeout';

const timer = setLongerInterval(() => {
    console.log('10 seconds have passed.');
}, 10000);

clearLongerInterval(timer);