How to set setTimeout/Thread.sleep in newman

Question

How to set setTimeout/Thread.sleep in newman(postman's node module).

I am using below function :

setTimeout(function(){ 

        console.log('sleep for ten min');
    }, 600000);

Above function works perfectly in collection runner of postman.

But when I tried newman it is throwing error as

'setTimeout is not available inside sandbox and has no side-effect.'

I have found a similar thread like below:

But they also haven't provided any solution.

Is there anyway by which I can mark my single API to delay for a time period.

I am already using Newman parameter --delay-request 60000 which delay between API's so it won't work for it.

Any solution will be helpful

Shubham Jain · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-07T09:18:43.503

4

Update newman to 3.8.3 or later.

The older version of newman is not supporting setTimeout

edited May 07 '19 at 09:18

answered Dec 01 '17 at 12:45

Shubham Jain

1

Good you've find :) Maybe others will encounter the same trouble – Orelsanpls Dec 01 '17 at 12:48

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 01 '17 at 12:37

3

So opening the link you've given to us they say :

So to be clear, you are going to use newman a way it's not designed for.

This being said, you can try to implement a custom sleep :

function sleep(milisecond) {
  const date = Date.now();

  // Sleep in an *infinite* loop
  while ((date + milisecond) > Date.now());
}

answered Dec 01 '17 at 12:37

Orelsanpls

1

Thanks @Gregory .. I have tried that too earlier .. I found the solution .. testing it .. will post once confirm.. vote you up for help ;) – Shubham Jain Dec 01 '17 at 12:41

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