now-or-again

Run a function now, or if its already running (callback hasn't returned) then run it again when it finishes. Will only call the function one additional time even if you call nowOrAgain several times while the function is working.

Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import nowOrAgain from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/now-or-again';
</script>

README

Usage

const nowOrAgain = require('now-or-again');
let count = 1;

function update(n, cb) {
  console.log('updating', n);
  setTimeout(cb, 1000);
}

nowOrAgain(update,1);
nowOrAgain(update,2);
nowOrAgain(update,3);
nowOrAgain(update,4);
setTimeout(()=>nowOrAgain(update,5),500);
setTimeout(()=>nowOrAgain(update,6),1001);

Output:

updating 1
updating 5
updating 6