# promise-event-before

> A tool that returns a promise that resolves if an EventEmitter emits an event before the given timeout

Latest version **1.0.1** (published 2015-09-18) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install promise-event-before
pnpm add promise-event-before
yarn add promise-event-before
bun add promise-event-before
```

## Health

**Score 15/100 (F)** — status: abandoned.

Positive: no vulnerabilities.

Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support.

Negative: abandoned; low maintenance score.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.1 |
| Published | 2015-09-18 |
| First published | 2015-09-18 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 1 |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 0 |
| Author | Allain Lalonde |
| Maintainers | allain |
| Keywords | promise, events, timeout |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/promise-event-before
- Repository: https://github.com/allain/promise-event-before
- Homepage: https://github.com/allain/promise-event-before#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/allain/promise-event-before/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/promise-event-before

## Dependencies (1)

- [native-promise-only](https://npm.io/package/native-promise-only.md) ^0.8.1

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## Recent versions

- 1.0.1 (latest) — 2015-09-18
- 1.0.0 — 2015-09-18

## README

# promise-event-before

A tool that returns a promise that resolves if an EventEmitter emits an event before the given timeout

## Installation

```bash
npm install promise-event-before
```

## Usage

```js
var diceRollEmitter = ...

var eventBefore = require('promise-event-before');

eventBefore(emitter, 'rolled', 1000).then(function(emittedValue) {
  console.log('dice roll:', roll);
}, function(err) {
    console.error(err);
});
```

## API

### eventBefore(emitter, eventName, timeout) : Promise

#### emitter
an EventEmitter to inspect

#### eventName
the event name to wait for

#### timeout
the number of milliseconds to wait before declaring the Promise rejected

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