Create a deferred promise
Don't use this unless you know what you're doing. Prefer the Promise constructor.
npm install p-defer
import pDefer from 'p-defer';
function delay(milliseconds) {
const deferred = pDefer();
setTimeout(deferred.resolve, milliseconds, '🦄');
return deferred.promise;
}
console.log(await delay(100));
//=> '🦄'
The above is just an example. Use delay if you need to delay a promise.
Returns an object with a promise property and functions to resolve() and reject().