A helper function that make's timed recursive calls, if a given condition does not pass, after a given amount of time in milliseconds. When the condition test pass, a callback function is called. For each recursive step call, there is a stepCallback if required.

timed-recursive-calls-with-timer.babel.js

let global = {
  stop: false
}
const timedCaller = (params) => {
  params.debug && console.log('[DEBUG ' + params.name + '] fn call')
  // Test condition, if true run the callback
  if (params.condition.test()) {
    params.debug && console.log('[DEBUG ' + params.name + '] condition test passed!')
    if (typeof params.condition.callback === 'function') {
      params.debug && console.log('[DEBUG ' + params.name + '] callback is fn, should call!')
      return params.condition.callback()
    }
  }
  // Keep trying as long it does not exceed max timeout
  params.time.end = new Date().getTime()
  params.time.totalMs = params.time.end - params.time.start
  params.debug && console.log('[DEBUG ' + params.name + '] update params.time: ', params.time)
  if (params.time.totalMs < params.time.maxMs) {
    params.debug && console.log('[DEBUG ' + params.name + '] did not exceed total timeout')
    params.timeout = setTimeout(() => {
      clearTimeout(params.timeout)
      if (typeof params.stepCallback === 'function') {
        params.debug && console.log('[DEBUG ' + params.name + '] has a stepCallback and should call')
        params.setCallback()
      }
      params.debug && console.log('[DEBUG ' + params.name + '] should recall / recursive')
      timedCaller(params)
    }, params.time.retryAfterMs)
  } else {
    params.debug && console.log('[DEBUG ' + params.name + '] timeout exceeded')
    if (typeof params.time.exceedMaxTimeCallback === 'function') {
      params.debug && console.log('[DEBUG ' + params.name + '] has exceedMaxTimeCallback and should call')
      params.time.exceedMaxTimeCallback()
    }
  }
}

timedCaller({
  name: 'fnFoobar',
  time: {
    start: new Date().getTime(),
    end: 0,
    totalMs: 0,
    maxMs:10000,
    retryAfterMs: 1000,
    exceedMaxTimeCallback: () => {
      console.log('The caller exceedMaxTimeout!')
    }
  },
  condition: {
    test: () => (global && global.stop),
    callback: () => {
      console.log('Hello world!')
    }
  },
  debug: true
})
console.log('global.stop: ', global.stop)
setTimeout(() => {
  global.stop = true
  console.log('global.stop: ', global.stop)
}, 5000)