Wait-a-bit

An Event Emitter based timer with return arguments

Install

npm install wait-a-bit -save

Usage Example

var  waitABit  	=  require('wait-a-bit');
var  timer  	=  new waitABit();

timer.set(2000); //milliseconds

timer.on('expire',function(returnArguments){
    console.log('Ended', returnArguments);
    //anything passed into timer.start() will be called back here;
});
var  sendObject  = {hello:  'world',this:  'is-me'}
timer.start(sendObject);
//if you want to stop a timer once started use the timer.clear() method.

API

Constructor

var timer = new waitABit();

Set [milliseconds]

Takes milliseconds as an argument, does not initiate the timer; timer.set(milliseconds);

Start [any number of arguments]

Takes any number of arguments and passes it back via the 'expired' event after the milliseconds of SET has expired.

timer.start([object],[string],[int],[array]);

Clear

Resets the timer and does not emit the 'expired' event

timer.clear();

Events

Start Event

You can listen for the start event if you need to know exactly when the timer started counting down;

timer.on('start',function(){
    console.log('timer started')
});

Clear Event

You can listen for the clear event if you need to execute code after a timer has been cleared.

timer.on('clear',function(){
    console.log('timer cleared')
});

Expired Event

You cal listen for the end event if you need to execute code after a timer has expired.

timer.on('expired',function(args){
    console.log('timer expired with arguments returned:',args);
});