# wait

**Repository Path**: mirrors_Jam3/wait

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: wait
- **Description**: Wait a specific amount of time and return a promise, "setTimeout promisified"
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-11-23
- **Last Updated**: 2026-03-22

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

# wait

Minimalistic (nano < 30 bytes) library that promisified `setTimeout`.

## Installation

```
npm install @jam3/wait
```

## Usage

### Basic usage

```
const wait = require('@jam3/wait');

wait(1500).then(callback);
```

### Async/Await example

```
const wait = require('@jam3/wait');

async function animate() {
  await wait(0); // Wait for JS to dequeue this call and do some rending in the meanwhile
  console.log('Waited at least 0 milliseconds');
}
```

### Promises example

```
const wait = require('@jam3/wait');

async function runProcess() {
  ...
  await Promise.all([setTimer, other]);
  ...
}

async setTimer() {
  return await wait(1000);
}
```

## Alternatives

If you want a more complete library, with a couple extra bytes, checkout [delay](https://www.npmjs.com/package/delay)