JS - Limit function execution to once a second

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My context:

JS with ES6
Lodash library.
jQuery
Cordova
SAPUI5
Android

I would like to know if there is any way to limit the execution of a function to once every x milliseconds. For example, a function on a button to prevent user spamming it and make bad calls.

I saw that Lodash provides a method to execute a function only once but is not limited on time so this doesn't works for my case.

Solution Example

Thanks to backtick

var antiSpamLog = _.throttle(console.log, 2000, { 'trailing': false })
antiSpamLog("Can't spam this")
//> Can't spam this
antiSpamLog("Can't spam this")
antiSpamLog("Can't spam this")
antiSpamLog("Can't spam this")
//> Can't spam this
antiSpamLog("Can't spam this")
...

[`_.debounce`](https://underscorejs.org/#debounce), [`_.throttle`](https://underscorejs.org/#throttle). — T.J. Crowder, Jul 12 '19 at 13:20
This is not a duplicate of a question about debounce. Debouncing doesn't limit execution to once every N milliseconds. — backtick, Jul 12 '19 at 13:21

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 12 '19 at 13:19

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Lodash provides a throttle function that does what you want.

answered Jul 12 '19 at 13:19

backtick

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