Implement a delay on $scope.$watch

Question

I was wondering whether or not it is possible to implement a slight delay on $scope.$watch. I have the following which queries the server, so I\'d like to implement a slight del

Answer 1

Just a snippet that I found useful for similar case:

function watchWithDelay(scope, prop, callback, delayMs) {
  delayMs = delayMs || 1000;
  var lastTimeChanged = new Date();
  scope.$watch(prop, function(n, o) {
    lastTimeChanged = new Date();
    setTimeout(function() {
      var diff = new Date().getTime() - lastTimeChanged.getTime();
      if (diff < delayMs-100 || diff > delayMs+100) {
        return;
      }
      callback(n, o);
    }, delayMs);
  });
}

You can use it in a controller like this:

watchWithDelay($scope, 'client.phone', function(n, o) {
  if (n === o) {
    return;
  }
  // any custom validations, for example
  if (!n) {
    return alert('Phone is required');
  }
  if (n.length < 11) {
    return alert('Phone is shorter than 11 digits');
  }
  // here I should save it somehow
  console.log('Phone is changed to ' + n);
});