Difference between revisions of "Bot Playground/Built-in Functions/process.sleep"

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Pauses a program execution.

await process.sleep(timeMs);

Note

Previously known as bare "sleep()".

Reference

This command accepts the following parameters:

Comments

This function can be used to delay the code execution for a specific time. Note that this function is asynchronous (like the most of javascript), so can't write "doSomething(); process.sleep(1000); doAfterDelay;". See the examples below.

The process.sleep() function immediately returns a Promise. You can use async/await to pause your script (see examples below).

Examples

The function can be used in three ways:

1. Async/await (recommended)

console.log("one1");

await process.sleep(2000);

console.log("two2");

2. Standalone:

console.log("one1");

process.sleep(2000)
	.then(function() {
		console.log("two2");
	});

3. Within the chain:

// SmartBots Playground code start v1.0 (automatic line)
http.get("https://mysmartbots.com")
	.then(function() {
		console.log("one");	
		
	return process.sleep(2000);
	})
	.then(function() {
		console.log("two");
	})

	.then(function() {
		// Gracefully stop the test script
		exit();
	});