Node JS / How to slow down forEach loop?

Question

I am creating an app in NodeJS just to send JSON documents to a distant API.

My problem is that my JSON is big, and Node tries to send as fast as possible items from the array, which is way too fast for the API.

How could I slow down a little bit the forEach function ? I really can't find where to put a setTimeout somewhere, Node is always going on with the next step...

I show you my code, I'm pretty sure is not that hard, but it feels like this exactly what NodeJs is not really made for, is it ?

var datajson = "MY JSON";

datajson.forEach(function (element) {

  var options = {
    method: 'POST',
    url: 'http://XXX',
    headers: { XXX },
    body: { XXX },
    json: true
  };

  request(options, function (error, response, body) {
    if (error) throw new Error(error);
    console.log(body);
  });
});

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Josh Lee
– Josh Lee

2018-02-26 17:02:16 +00:00
Commented Feb 26, 2018 at 17:02 — Josh Lee
– Josh Lee, Commented Feb 26, 2018 at 17:02

Patrick Hund · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-27 07:58:42Z

3

You could use setInterval to periodically invoke a function that sends the post requests, like this:

var datajson = "MY JSON1";

var delay = 1000;

var index = 0;

var interval = setInterval(function () {
  var element = datajson[index];

  var options = {
    method: 'POST',
    url: 'http://XXX',
    headers: { XXX },
    body: { XXX },
    json: true
  };

  request(options, function (error, response, body) {
    if (error) {
      clearInterval(interval);
      throw new Error(error);
    }
    console.log(body);
  });

  // stop sending post requests when all elements have been sent
  if (++index === datajson.length) {
    clearInterval(interval);
  }
}, delay)

answered Feb 27, 2018 at 7:58

Patrick Hund

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