retry.js

/* Do `fn` `times` times every `timeout` milliseconds. Add in your own error condition handling */
function retry(fn, times, timeout) {
  if (typeof fn !== 'function') {
    return
  }
  times || (times = 3) // Third time's the charm
  timeout || (timeout = 1000)
  var trys = 0
  function do_retry() {
    if (times++ < tries) {
      fn()
      setTimeout(do_retry, timeout)
    }
  }
  setTimeout(do_retry, timeout)
}