might be best to try a recursive loop using setInterval or setTimeout with a configurable value (I.e. a method calling itself) . or you could look at the async library to make things synchronous .
On Monday, August 24, 2015, Timothy Harding <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello DHIS2 Devs, > > I've got a script that works pretty well for updating a bunch of sharing > settings for various objects using node.js. The only problem is, I am > getting timeouts when the object update counts get too high (500+). > > I am a bit new to the asynchronous nature of node.js, and I like that I > can bundle a lot of updates into one without needing to worry that I need a > response for one before sending the request for the next. The downside is, > I have no idea where to put the sleep timer to slow down the volume of > requests. Everywhere I've put it so far increases the timeouts, rather than > decreases them. I know there are some node.js experts out there on the > DHIS2 dev list so, perhaps someone has run into something similar: > > var serverConfigPOST = serverConfig; > serverConfigPOST.dhis2server.method = "POST"; > var i=0; > for(i=0; i < dataElementsToUpdate.length; i++){ > > Tried here > var postData = JSON.stringify(dataElementsToUpdate[i]); > serverConfigPOST.dhis2server.path = > "/dhis/api/sharing?type=dataElement&id=" + dataElementsToUpdate[i]. > object.id; > serverConfigPOST.dhis2server.headers = { > 'Content-Type': 'application/json', > 'Content-Length': postData.length > }; > console.log(serverConfigPOST); > var req = https.request(serverConfigPOST.dhis2server, function(res) { > console.log('STATUS: ' + res.statusCode); > console.log('HEADERS: ' + JSON.stringify(res.headers)); > res.setEncoding('utf8'); > res.on('data', function (chunk) { > console.log('BODY: ' + chunk); > }); > }); > req.on('error', function(e) { > //console.log('problem with request: ' + e.message); > }); > // write data to request body > req.write(postData); > req.end(); > > Tried here > // if(i==20){ > // break; > // } > } > > Not quite sure how to slow this one down, I may just have to run/rerun it > with different starting and stopping i values in the mean time. > > Timothy Harding > RPCV Vanuatu > Skype: [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > +1 (541) 632-6623 > -- Pierre Dane Development Manager Jembi Health Systems
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