Request.Periodical.js extends Request, Request.HTML, and Request.JSON to add methods that periodically request the same URL but increases the interval if no data is returned from the requested server. This helps reducing load on a server and prevents pointless requests. If any valid response data is returned it resets the interval and requests more often.

• Request, Request.HTML, and Request.JSON

var myRequest = new Request(options);
myRequest.startTimer(data);

• all the options in the original Request.* class, plus:
• initialDelay - (number; defaults to 5000) The initial delay to wait for the request after a call to the start method
• delay - (number; defaults to 5000) The delay between requests and the number of ms to add if no valid data has been returned
• limit - (number; defaults to 60000) The maximum time the interval uses to request the server

new Request({
    method: 'post',
    url: 'foo.php',
    initialDelay: 1000,
    delay: 5000,
    limit: 15000
}).startTimer({
    myData: 'value'
});
// Requests foo.php via post and the provided data initially a second after
// calling the start method. If any valid response data is returned it requests
// every five seconds. If no data is retrieved it adds five seconds to the
// interval until the next request that returns data resets the interval.
// This example uses a limit so the maximum interval will be 15 seconds.

Starts requesting the URL given by the initial options

myRequest.startTimer(data);

1. data - (object) The data you want to send along with your requests

var foo = new Request({url: 'foo.php'});
foo.startTimer({myData: 'value'});

• object - This instance of Request.

Stops the timer and does not execute any more requests beside an already running request.

myRequest.stopTimer();

• object - This instance of Request.