javascript - setTimeout - callback argument must be a function

Question

My code was working until i updated node.js to version 8.11.3

Now i always get error "callback argument must be a function" when trying to call a function with setTimeout.

function testFunction(itemid, price) {

  var url = 'https://example.com';
  var options = {
  method: 'get',
  url: url
  }

  request(options, function (err, res, body) {
    var response = JSON.parse(body);

     if(response.status == 'fail'){
        setTimeout(testFunction(itemid, price), 100);
     }
  })

}

Answer 1

Callback argument for setTimeout must be a function. Write it like this. Not tested but it should work.

function testFunction(itemid, price) {

    var url = 'https://example.com';
    var options = {
        method: 'get',
        url: url
    }

    request(options, function (err, res, body) {
        var response = JSON.parse(body);
        if(response.status == 'fail'){
            setTimeout(function () {
                testFunction(itemid, price);
            }, 100);
        }
    })
}