Timeout Fetch

Creates an instance of fetch that aborts after a certain time period.

import timeoutFetch, { TimeoutError } from 'timeout-fetch';
import nodeFetch from 'node-fetch';

// Timeout is defined in miliseconds
const ONE_SECOND = 1000;
const fetch = timeoutFetch(
	ONE_SECOND,
	nodeFetch // Defaults to globalThis.fetch if you don't provide a fetch implementation yourself
);

try {
	await fetch('http://example.com');
	console.log('Fetch success');
} catch(e) {
	if(e instanceof TimeoutError) {
		console.log('Fetch timed out');
	} else {
		console.log('Another error occured');
	}
}

Dependencies

None

timeout-fetch

Timeout Fetch

See: module:timeout-fetch.default

• timeout-fetch
  • module.exports(count, fetch) ⇒ function ⏏
    • .TimeoutError

module.exports(count, fetch) ⇒ function ⏏

Creates a fetch function that is aborted after a timeout period

Kind: Exported function
Returns: function - The created fetch function. Has the same signature as the passed param.

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | count | number | The timeout duration in miliseconds | | fetch | function | The fetch function to call, defaults to the global fetch |

module.exports.TimeoutError

Error that is thrown when the timeout expires

Kind: static class of module.exports