node sleep

The solution for this is noted below

node sleep

Solution

// one liner
await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 5000))

// or re-usable `sleep` function:
async function init() {
	console.log(1)
	await sleep(1000)
	console.log(2)
}

function sleep(ms) {
	return new Promise((resolve) => {
		setTimeout(resolve, ms)
	})
}

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