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JavaScript

Posted by Chase Setser
Chase Setser
3,802 Points

Listening for events only after a part of the script has ran

Hello, I was wondering how could I listen for events only after a specific part of the script has run.

This is my thought of how to do it, but I'm not quite sure how to type it.

// start
let client;

// click button and sign in
click () {
    client = someApp(username, password);
}

// NOW listen for events ONLY AFTER being logged in
client.addListener('blah', () => {});

// more events listeners and code

1 Answer

Abraham Juliot
Abraham Juliot
47,353 Points
Abraham Juliot
Abraham Juliot
47,353 Points 
// login function
const login = (app, name, password) => {
  // you can do some other stuff here 
  // make app return true if the login was a success, otherwise return false
  return app(name, password)
}

const User = { } // to hold properties and event methods

// default variables
let client = false
let clientName = ''
let clientPassword = ''

// login the client and assign return value to client (true or false)
client = login(someApp, clientName, clientPassword)

// if client is true
if (client) {
  // then listen for event on the user
  User.addListener('blah', () => {})
}