[removed] Function that retries with setTimeout

Question

I have a function downloadItem that may fail for network reasons, I want to be able to retry it a few times before actually rejecting that item. The retries nee

Answer 1

function downloadItemWithRetryAndTimeout(url, retry) {
    return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
        var tryDownload = function(attempts) {
            try {
                downloadItem(url);
                resolve();
            } catch (e) {
                if (attempts == 0)  {
                    reject(e);
                } else {
                    setTimeout(function() {
                        tryDownload(attempts - 1);
                    }, 1000);
                }
            }
        };
        tryDownload(retry);
    });
}