Interval-next

Interval-next is a package that extends Javascript's built-in setInterval() capabilities. You have a plain and promisified interval method, which you can also use as a sleep code. It allows you to use human parseable time, such as 15 second or 20 minute, and also more complex times such as 1 day, 12 hour and 30 second, which you can take a look at more detailed examples down below. Functions returns the interval object itself, which you can use later to kill the interval with built-in clearInterval() method.

Example usage

IntervalNext .set(<callbackFn>, <human readable time>,<immediate: boolean>?)

const  IntervalNext  =  require("interval-next")

const  Interval  =  IntervalNext.set(()  =>  {

// do something

}), "1 day, 12 hour and 30 minute")

IntervalNext.setAsync(<callbackFn>, <human readable time>,<immediate: boolean>?)

const  IntervalNext  =  require("interval-next")

const  Interval  =  IntervalNext.setAsync(()  =>  {

// do something

}), "20 minute and 30 second", true)

Complex time parsing

Interval-next can understand and parse all of the following examples.

const  Interval  =  IntervalNext.set(()  =>  {}), "20 minute and 30 second")
const  Interval  =  IntervalNext.set(()  =>  {}), "1 hour, 45 minute and 30 second")
const  Interval  =  IntervalNext.set(()  =>  {}), "1 month, 15 day, 12 hour and 30 minute")
const  Interval  =  IntervalNext.set(()  =>  {}), "1 year, 6 month, 15 day hour, 12 hour and 15 second")

Accepted units

• second

• minute

• hour

• day

• month (assumed 30 days)

• year (assumed 365 days)

Plans

• Adding an override support for human readable time, allowing to use numbers

• ~~Revamping readable time to make it more useful, by adding complex time parsing~~

• Adding stopping and resuming to intervals

• Adding killInterval() function, to enhance the capabilities of default clearInterval() method