delayingRequestExecution_delayFunction_client.js

const deleteRequests = new WeakMap<Element, number>();

const delayDeleteResource = function (resourceId: string, delay: number) {
  const request = new XMLHttpRequest()

  request.open('DELETE', `https://yourdomain/resource/${resourceId}`, true);
  // other steps for initializing the request, attaching listeners, ...

  return setTimeout(request.send.bind(request), delay);
}