Calling a function every 60 seconds

Question

Using setTimeout() it is possible to launch a function at a specified time:

setTimeout(function, 60000);

But what if I would l

Answer 1

If you don't care if the code within the timer may take longer than your interval, use setInterval():

setInterval(function, delay)

That fires the function passed in as first parameter over and over.

A better approach is, to use setTimeout along with a self-executing anonymous function:

(function(){
    // do some stuff
    setTimeout(arguments.callee, 60000);
})();

that guarantees, that the next call is not made before your code was executed. I used arguments.callee in this example as function reference. It's a better way to give the function a name and call that within setTimeout because arguments.callee is deprecated in ecmascript 5.

Answer 2

setInterval(fn,time)

is the method you're after.

Answer 3

A better use of jAndy's answer to implement a polling function that polls every interval seconds, and ends after timeout seconds.

function pollFunc(fn, timeout, interval) {
    var startTime = (new Date()).getTime();
    interval = interval || 1000;

    (function p() {
        fn();
        if (((new Date).getTime() - startTime ) <= timeout)  {
            setTimeout(p, interval);
        }
    })();
}

pollFunc(sendHeartBeat, 60000, 1000);

UPDATE

As per the comment, updating it for the ability of the passed function to stop the polling:

function pollFunc(fn, timeout, interval) {
    var startTime = (new Date()).getTime();
    interval = interval || 1000,
    canPoll = true;

    (function p() {
        canPoll = ((new Date).getTime() - startTime ) <= timeout;
        if (!fn() && canPoll)  { // ensures the function exucutes
            setTimeout(p, interval);
        }
    })();
}

pollFunc(sendHeartBeat, 60000, 1000);

function sendHeartBeat(params) {
    ...
    ...
    if (receivedData) {
        // no need to execute further
        return true; // or false, change the IIFE inside condition accordingly.
    }
}

Answer 4

Call a Javascript function every 2 second continuously for 10 second.

var intervalPromise;
$scope.startTimer = function(fn, delay, timeoutTime) {
    intervalPromise = $interval(function() {
        fn();
        var currentTime = new Date().getTime() - $scope.startTime;
        if (currentTime > timeoutTime){
            $interval.cancel(intervalPromise);
          }                  
    }, delay);
};

$scope.startTimer(hello, 2000, 10000);

hello(){
  console.log("hello");
}

Answer 5

A good example where to subscribe a setInterval(), and use a clearInterval() to stop the forever loop:

function myTimer() {

}

var timer = setInterval(myTimer, 5000);

call this line to stop the loop:

clearInterval(timer);

Answer 6

// example:
// checkEach(1000, () => {
//   if(!canIDoWorkNow()) {
//     return true // try again after 1 second
//   }
//
//   doWork()
// })
export function checkEach(milliseconds, fn) {
  const timer = setInterval(
    () => {
      try {
        const retry = fn()

        if (retry !== true) {
          clearInterval(timer)
        }
      } catch (e) {
        clearInterval(timer)

        throw e
      }
    },
    milliseconds
  )
}