asyncInterval.js

const sleep = require('./utilities/sleep');

const mySetInterval = (callback, ms, ...args) => {
    let token = {
        cancelled: false
    };
    let id = setInterval((...args) => {
        callback(token, ...args);
    }, ms, ...args);
    return function cancel() {
        clearInterval(id);
        token.cancelled = true;
    }
}

const intervalFoo = () => {
    let cancel = null;
    const checkE2Interval = async(token) => {
        if (cancel) {
            console.log('cancel true', cancel)
            cancel();
        }
        console.log('interval async');
        await sleep(120); //some long action
        // If you had more logic here, you could short-circuit it by checking token.cancelled
        return cancel = token.cancelled ? null : mySetInterval(checkE2Interval, 100);
    };
    return cancel = setInterval(checkE2Interval, 100); //returning id
};

module.exports = intervalFoo;

main.js

(() => {
    const cancellers = [];
    cancellers.push(require('./asyncInterval')());

    setTimeout(() => {
        cancellers.forEach(foo => {
            console.log(foo)//not actually cancelling yet
        });
    }, 1200)
})();