mpr1255

Local (OS X) Side

~/Library/LaunchAgents/pbcopy.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
     <key>Label</key>
     <string>localhost.pbcopy</string>

mpr1255

// consult here for the explanation, but this is a fixed version based on https://dev.to/frenchcooc/how-to-create-a-bunch-of-google-alerts-in-3-minutes-54n 
// it has a standard 3 second pause or whatever not some exponential thing that was breaking the code. 
// also implemented the explanation in the comment section

function sleep(milliseconds) {
  const date = Date.now();
  let currentDate = null;
  do {
    currentDate = Date.now();
  } while (currentDate - date < milliseconds);