a javascript function that returns a Promise which includes artificial latency of x seconds.

pausePromise.js

/*

used such as..

fetch("https://google.com")
.then(function (response) {
  return pausePromise(response, 5)
})
.then(function (response) {
  console.log(response);
});

to include artificial latency of 5 seconds

*/

function pausePromise(response, seconds) {
    return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
        setTimeout(function () {
            resolve(response)
        }, seconds * 1000);
    });
}