promised-timeout.js

function promiseTimeout(msec) {
  return promise => {
    const timeout = new Promise((yea, nah) => setTimeout(() => nah(new Error('Timeout expired')), msec))
    return Promise.race([promise, timeout])
  }
}

promiseTimeout(5000)(fetch('https://api.github.com/orgs/nodejs'))
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(data => {
    console.log(data) // Prints result from `response.json()` in getRequest
  })
  .catch(error => console.error(error)) // Catches any timeout (or other failure)


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// Alternative example:
fetchTimeout(5000, 'https://api.github.com/orgs/nodejs')
  .then(console.log)
// Alternative implementation:
function fetchTimeout(msec, ...args) {
  return raceTimeout(fetch(...args))

  function raceTimeout(promise) {
    const timeout = new Promise((yea, nah) => setTimeout(() => nah(new Error('Timeout expired')), msec))
    return Promise.race([promise, timeout])
  }
}