PollPoll

PollPoll is a javascript library for asynchronous polling. allowing you do things like periodically check if something in the server has changed.

Usage

PollPoll works by taking in a polling function, with the following signature

() => Promise<{done:boolean, results:any}>

if done is false the function will be called again and again until it returns true.
results should contain the results from the call

Example

import PollPoll from "pollpoll";

let poller = (function () {
    let count = 0;
    return function () {
        // simulate a http call using
        // a promise that takes sometime
        // to resolve
        return new Promise(resolve => {
            if (count === 10) {
                resolve({ done: true, results: { count } });
                return;
            }
            setTimeout(x => {
                resolve({ done: false, results: { count } });
                ++count;
            }, 1000);
        });
    };
})();

let poll = new PollPoll(poller, 100);
poll.events.on("again", (r) => {
    console.log(r);
});

async function test() {
    try {
        console.log("start");
        // poll.exec returns a promise that will only resolve if the poller returns {done: true}
        await poll.exec(); // make many calls to the server, until something changes
        console.log("end");
    }
    catch (err) {
        console.error(err);
    }
}

test()