setTimeout in Node.js loop

Question

I\'m a bit confused as to how setTimeout works. I\'m trying to have a setTimeout in a loop, so that the loop iterations are, say, 1s apart. Each l

Answer 1

You need something like this

var counter = 5;

function makeRequst(options, i) {
    // do your request here
}

function myFunction() {
    alert(counter);

    // create options object here
    //var options = {
    //    host:'www.host.com',
    //    path:'/path/'+counter
    //};
    //makeRequest(options, counter);

    counter--;
    if (counter > 0) {
        setTimeout(myFunction, 1000);    
    }
}

See also this fiddle

At the point of the alert(count); you can do your call to the server. Note that the counter works opposite (counting down). I updated with some comments where to do your thing.