promise with attempts

example-attempt.js

// fake fetch-data function
function fetch () {
  const isFailure  = Math.random() > .9;
  console.log(isFailure);
  return isFailure ? Promise.resolve({data: 'data'}) : Promise.reject();
}

// building promise with attempts
function getData(attempt = 3) {
  let p = fetch();
  let c = attempt;
  while (--c) {
    p = p.catch(fetch);
  }

  return p.catch(() => Promise.reject(new Error(`did not work after ${attempt} attempts`)));
}


// example of using
getData(3).catch(err => {console.error(err)});