<aside> 🔌 The timers API exposes a global API for scheduling functions to be called at some future period of time.
</aside>
Functions like setTimeout and setInterval are not part of the V8 engine so we have implemented them in this module.
var count = 0
setInterval(() => {
console.log('Counting', count)
count++
}, 1000)
setImmediate(
callback: () => void, ...args: any[]
)
Schedules the "immediate" execution of the callback.
PARAMETERS
callback: () => void
The function to execute.
...args: any[]
Arguments to pass to the callback.
RETURNS
number
The identifier for the immediate timer.
setInterval(
callback: () => void, delay?: number, ...args: any[]
)
Schedules repeated execution of callback every delay milliseconds.
PARAMETERS
callback: () => void
The function to execute.
delay?: number
The number of milliseconds to wait between executions.
...args: any[]
Arguments to pass to the callback.
RETURNS
number
The identifier for the interval timer.
setTimeout(
callback: () => void, delay?: number, ...args: any[]
)
Schedules execution of a one-time callback after delay milliseconds.
PARAMETERS
callback: () => void
The function to execute.
delay?: number
The number of milliseconds to wait before execution.
...args: any[]
Arguments to pass to the callback.
RETURNS
number
The identifier for the timeout timer.
clearImmediate(
id: number
)
Cancels the immediate execution.
PARAMETERS
id: number
The identifier of the immediate timer to cancel.
RETURNS
void
clearInterval(
id: number
)
Cancels the interval execution.
PARAMETERS
id: number
The identifier of the interval timer to cancel.
RETURNS
void
clearTimeout(
id: number
)
Cancels the timeout execution.
PARAMETERS
id: number
The identifier of the timeout timer to cancel.
RETURNS
void