Question

I have a ajax javascript method that pulls data from a page etc.

I want this process to run on a timed interval, say every minute.
But I don’t want it to loop forever, so max out at 3 times.

What is the best way to implement this?

Answer 1

Like this:

var runCount = 0;    
function timerMethod() {
    runCount++;
    if(runCount > 3) clearInterval(timerId);

    //...
}

var timerId = setInterval(timerMethod, 60000);    //60,000 milliseconds