kefir-periodic-get

periodically poll a URL, and get a kefir stream of responses.

works in node and the browser!

installation

npm install kefir-periodic-get

usage

poll for recent changes on wikipedia:

var kefir-periodic-get = require('timesink')
 
var wikiRecentlyChanged = 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges'
 
var syncedTimes = kefir-periodic-get(wikiRecentlyChanged, 1000).skipDuplicates()

this will issue a GET to the wikiRecentlyChanged every 1000ms.

api

kefir-periodic-get(url, interval)

issues a GET request to url every interval ms.

returns a kefir stream of responses.