@util.js/timers v0.39.2

@util.js/timers

An object to hold JavaScript timers: https://nodejs.org/api/timers.html

@util.js/timers is part of Util.js.

Timers

timers.throttle(functionToThrottle, limitInMilliseconds) ⇒ Promise

Returns an asynchronous function that throttles the specified functionToThrottle calling it once every limitInMilliseconds.

Kind: instance method of Timers
Returns: Promise - A throttled version of functionToThrottle
Throws:

• TypeError If functionToThrottle is not a function
• TypeError If limitInMilliseconds is a Symbol

Example

const timers = require("@util.js/timers");
let lastTime = Date.now();
function call(str) {
  console.log(str + ": " + (Date.now() - lastTime));
  lastTime = Date.now();
}
const throttledCall = timers.throttle(call, 2000);
throttledCall("a"); // should output "a: ~1".
throttledCall("b"); // should output "b: ~2000".
throttledCall("c"); // should output "c: ~2000".