sleep

Callable

• sleep(millis?: number): Promise<void>

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• Returns a Promise that resolves after a specific period of time. This is useful to implement waiting in your code, e.g. to prevent overloading of target website or to avoid bot detection.

  Example usage:

  import { sleep } from 'crawlee';
  
  ...
  
  // Sleep 1.5 seconds
  await sleep(1500);

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  Parameters

  • optionalmillis: number

    Period of time to sleep, in milliseconds. If not a positive number, the returned promise resolves immediately.

  Returns Promise<void>