Question

I try to request an URL every 5 seconds. The following code is returning ReferenceError: Can't find variable: validateUserTime

$(document).ready(function() {
  ({
    validateUserTime: function() {
      return $.get('/myurl', function(data) {});
    }
  });
  return window.setInterval((function() {
    validateUserTime();
  }), 5000);
});

I’m wondering what I’m doing wrong that is preventing a call to the method instead of doing it as a variable. Any idea?

Answer 1

In the first statement, you are using an object literal without assigning it to anything.
Assign it to something to fix it.

$(document).ready(function() {
  var functions = {
    validateUserTime: function() {
      return $.get('/myurl', function(data) {});
    }
  };
  return window.setInterval((function() {
    functions.validateUserTime();
  }), 5000);
});