Time Worker v1.0.4
Set Timeouts and Intervals in Web Workers So They Continue Working When the Page is Hidden.
Installation
$ npm install time-worker
Usage
The TimeWorker object has the methods:
- setTimeout(callback: Function, ms: number) => id: string;
- setInterval(callback: Function, ms: number) => id: string;
- clearTimeout(id: string) => void;
- clearInterval(id: string) => void;
- clearAll() => void;
- terminate() => void;
And the following properties:
- isTerminated: boolean;
import TimeWorker from 'time-worker';
const timeWorker = new TimeWorker(); // Instantiate the TimeWorker
const interval = timeWorker.setInterval(() => console.log('interval'), 1000); // Set an interval
timeWorker.setTimeout(() => timeWorker.clearInterval(interval), 5000); // Set a timeout to clear the interval
timeWorker.clearAll(); // Clear all timeouts and intervals
timeWorker.terminate(); // Stop the worker itself
console.log(worker.isTerminated); // > true