Delay javascript loading of AJAX results

[tavy87]

Hi there, I have some asynchronous authentication in Javascript that takes about 2 seconds to finish, and it needs to be done BEFORE the AJAX results start rendering. I’d like to block the results from loading until then. I understand it may be hard to connect the results to a callback, but is there a simple way to add a settimeout somewhere so that the results are delayed by 2 seconds? Even if it’s inaccurate? I’m not sure where in the javascript of the plugin to even begin looking for this functionality.

Thanks for any help!

[Ernest Marcinko]

Hi!

That could be possible to achieve with a small custom code snippet, I believe. So instead of enabling the auto populate feature, you can trigger the search via the javascript API whenever you need it.

In your case you could try something like:

add_action('wp_footer', 'asp_add_footer_action');
function asp_add_footer_action() {
  ?>
  <script>
  jQuery(function($){
    setTimeout(function(){
      // Run the search, delayed after 2 seconds
      ASP.api(1, 'searchFor', '');
    }, 2000);
  });
  </script>
  <?php
}

This will add a script to the site footer to execute an empty search (basically auto-populate) manually after 2 seconds.
I hope this helps!

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