retrying a request after some timeout

retry.js

function wait (timeout) {
  return new Promise((resolve) => {
    setTimeout(() => {
      resolve()
    }, timeout)
  })
}

async function requestWithRetry (url) {
  const MAX_RETRIES = 10
  for (let i = 0; i <= MAX_RETRIES; i++) {
    try {
      return await request(url)
    } catch (err) {
      const timeout = Math.pow(2, i)
      console.log('Waiting', timeout, 'ms')
      await wait(timeout)
      console.log('Retrying', err.message, i)
    }
  }
}