Retry Timer

A simple javascript timer that triggers a retry logic at an increasing interval, best used to implement something like a network request retry.

Usage

setRetryTimer(
  func: (any) => Promise<any>,
  options: {
    ?maxLimit: Number,
    ?type: String
  }
): Promise

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
func	function	true		This function is called after the number of seconds determined by the chosen sequence. It is expected that the given function returns a Promise. The timer will end when this promise successfully resolves. If the given function does not return a promise, the timer will resolve if this function does not throw an exception.
maxRetry	number	false	10	The maximum number of times the callback will be retried
type	string	false	'fibonacci'	The type of sequence to use. Either 'fibonacci' or 'linear'

Available types:

Import constant	Value	Sequence
FIBONACCI	'fibonacci'	0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21,...
LINEAR	'linear'	0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,...

Example

import setRetryTimer, { TYPES } from 'retry-timer';

import { pingServer } from '../utils/network';

setRetryTimer(pingServer, { maxRetry: 10, type: TYPES.FIBONACCI })
  .then(response => {
    // Do stuff with the response of `pingServer`
  })
  .catch(err => {
    // `pingServer` could not be resolved in 10 attempts. `err` contains the
    // exception raised by `pingServer` in the last attempt.
  });

pingServer is first called immediately, then after 1 second, again after 1 second, then after 2 seconds, then 3, then 5, 8, 13, and so on until the max retry limit is reached or the given function successfully resolves.