redux-timer

SetInterval middleware for Redux used to dispatch an action or function periodically.

Installation

npm install redux-timer

Usage

import { createStore, applyMiddleware } from 'redux';
import timerMiddleware from 'redux-timer';

const store = createStore(reducers, applyMiddleware(timerMiddleware));

How to start a timer

To start a timer, you have to dispatch an action with type START_TIMER with a payload of the following.

• name (required) - String representing the name of the timer.
• action (required) - String matching an action type or a Function that you would like to periodically execute.
• interval (required) - Timer interval in milliseconds
• runImmediately (optional) - Boolean to determine whether to fire the action immediately. This is set to true by default.

Using action as an action type

import { START_TIMER } from 'redux-timer';

export const startTimer = () => ({
  type: START_TIMER,
  payload: {
    name: 'exampleTimer',
    action: 'SOME_ACTION_TICK',
    interval: 1000,
    runImmediately: true
  }
});

Using action as a Function

import { START_TIMER } from 'redux-timer';

export const exampleAction = () => async dispatch => {
  dispatch({
    type: START_TIMER,
    payload: {
      name: 'exampleTimer',
      action: async () => {
        try {
          const response = await fetch('https://api.github.com');
          const data = await response.json();
          dispatch(setData(response.body.result));
        } catch (e) {
          // do something with this error
        }
      },
      interval: 5000,
      runImmediately: false
    }
  });
};

How to stop a timer

To stop a timer, you have to dispatch an action with type STOP_TIMER with a payload of the following.

• name (required) - String representing the name of the timer

import { STOP_TIMER } from 'redux-timer';

export const stopTimer = () => ({
  type: STOP_TIMER,
  payload: {
    name: 'exampleTimer'
  }
});

TODO List

• Need to add tests
• Need to add CI/CD