Author: John Au-Yeung

Sometimes, we want to wait N seconds before continuing to the next line with Puppeteer and JavaScript.

In this article, we’ll look at how to wait N seconds before continuing to the next line with Puppeteer and JavaScript.

How to wait N seconds before continuing to the next line with Puppeteer and JavaScript?

To wait N seconds before continuing to the next line with Puppeteer and JavaScript, we can use the waitForTimeout method.

For instance, we write

await page.waitForTimeout(1000)

to call page.waitForTimeout to wait for 1000 milliseconds before continuing to the next line in an async function.

Conclusion

To wait N seconds before continuing to the next line with Puppeteer and JavaScript, we can use the waitForTimeout method.

Sometimes, we want to concatenate with variable in a JavaScript regex pattern.

In this article, we’ll look at how to concatenate with variable in a JavaScript regex pattern.

How to concatenate with variable in a JavaScript regex pattern?

To concatenate with variable in a JavaScript regex pattern, we can use the RegExp constructor to create our regex.

For instance, we write

const re = new RegExp("\\b" + test + "\\b");

to create a regex object with the RegExp constructor.

We call it with a string with the regex pattern we want to define.

Since the argument is a string, we can concatenate values in it.

Conclusion

To concatenate with variable in a JavaScript regex pattern, we can use the RegExp constructor to create our regex.

Sometimes, we want to add simple throttling in JavaScript.

In this article, we’ll look at how to add simple throttling in JavaScript.

How to add simple throttling in JavaScript?

To add simple throttling in JavaScript, we can create our own function.

For instance, we write

const throttle = (func, timeFrame) => {
  let lastTime = 0;
  return () => {
    const now = Date.now();
    if (now - lastTime >= timeFrame) {
      func();
      lastTime = now;
    }
  };
};

to define the throttle function that takes the func function and the timeFrame in milliseconds that func is allowed to run once.

In it, we return a function that checks now - lastTime is bigger than or equal to timeFrame.

If it is, then we call func since it hasn’t been called within the timeFrame.

And then we set lastTime to now.

now is the current datetime’s timestamp in milliseconds.

Conclusion

To add simple throttling in JavaScript, we can create our own function.

Sometimes, we want to subtract days, months, years from a date in JavaScript.

In this article, we’ll look at how to subtract days, months, years from a date in JavaScript.

How to subtract days, months, years from a date in JavaScript?

To subtract days, months, years from a date in JavaScript, we can call setDate, setMonth, and setFullYear.

For instance, we write

const createDate = (days, months, years) => {
  const date = new Date();
  date.setDate(date.getDate() + days);
  date.setMonth(date.getMonth() + months);
  date.setFullYear(date.getFullYear() + years);
  return date;
};

to define the createDate function.

In it, we create a Date object.

We call setDate with the date value with days added to it to add the number of days to the current date, which we get from getDate.

We call setMonth with the date value with days added to it to add the number of months to the current date, which we get from getMonth.

And we call setFullYear with the date value with days added to it to add the number of years to the current date, which we get from getFullYear.

Finally, we return the date with the values added.

We call createDate with negative values for each argument to subtract them.

Conclusion

To subtract days, months, years from a date in JavaScript, we can call setDate, setMonth, and setFullYear.