How to delay the .keyup() handler until the user stops typing?

Question

I’ve got a search field. Right now it searches for every keyup. So if someone types “Windows”, it will make a search with AJAX for every keyup: “W”, “Wi”, “Win”, “Wind”, “Wi

Answer 1

// Get an global variable isApiCallingInProgress

//  check isApiCallingInProgress 
if (!isApiCallingInProgress) {
// set it to isApiCallingInProgress true
      isApiCallingInProgress = true;

      // set timeout
      setTimeout(() => {
         // Api call will go here

        // then set variable again as false
        isApiCallingInProgress = false;     
      }, 1000);
}