commit 9194eeb709976f790cf1dcbcffac916da056b815
Author: Timothy Farrell <tim@thecookiejar.me>
Date:   Fri Jul 20 00:49:20 2018 -0500

    Split out backgroundtask in prep for attachmentProxy separation.

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# Background task
+
+An simple function wrapper around
+[requestIdleCallback](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/requestIdleCallback)
+that queues tasks and runs them sequentially.
+
+The main purpose is to be able to run maintainance functions that are not a good fit for a web
+worker context.
+
+# Usage
+
+Wrap your function.
+
+```
+		const task = backgroundTask(() => {
+			// do stuff
+		});
+```
+
+Call `task` as you would any other function that has no return value. The return value of a
+background task is the id from `requestIdleCallback` that can be passed to `cancelIdleCallback` if
+you wish to cancel the task before it runs.
+
+Calling a task multiple times will queue the passed parameters and execute the task sequentially the
+same number of times.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+{
+	"name": "backgroundtask",
+	"version": "1.0.0",
+	"description": "A simple way to run a task on the main thread without disrupting the UX",
+	"main": "src/index.js",
+	"files": [
+		"src"
+	],
+	"scripts": {
+		"test": "node ../../bin/runTests.js ./",
+		"pre-commit": "npm run test"
+	},
+	"author": "Timothy Farrell <tim@thecookiejar.me> (https://github.com/explorigin)",
+	"license": "Apache-2.0"
+}
diff --git a/spec/backgroundTask.spec.js b/spec/backgroundTask.spec.js
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+import { backgroundTask } from '../src/index.js';
+
+describe('A background task', () => {
+	it('initially does nothing.', done => {
+		const task = backgroundTask(() =>
+			done(new Error('Background tasks should not spontaneously execute.'))
+		);
+		expect().nothing();
+		setTimeout(done, 50);
+	});
+
+	it('runs a task (but not right away)', done => {
+		let shouldRun = false;
+		const task = backgroundTask(() => {
+			expect(shouldRun).toBeTruthy();
+			done();
+		});
+
+		task();
+		shouldRun = true;
+		setTimeout(done, 50);
+	});
+
+	it('passes params', done => {
+		let testVal = Math.random();
+		const task = backgroundTask(val => {
+			expect(val).toEqual(testVal);
+			done();
+		});
+
+		task(testVal);
+		setTimeout(done, 50);
+	});
+
+	it('queues multiple calls to be run sequentially', done => {
+		let testVal = ['a', 'd', 'q'];
+		const task = backgroundTask((val, index) => {
+			expect(val).toEqual(testVal[index]);
+			if (index === testVal.length - 1) {
+				done();
+			}
+		});
+
+		testVal.map(task);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
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+// requestIdleCallback sortof-polyfill
+if (!self.requestIdleCallback) {
+	const IDLE_TIMEOUT = 10;
+	self.requestIdleCallback = cb => {
+		let start = Date.now();
+		return setTimeout(
+			() =>
+				cb({
+					timeRemaining: () => Math.max(0, IDLE_TIMEOUT - (Date.now() - start))
+				}),
+			1
+		);
+	};
+	self.requestIdleCallback = clearTimeout;
+}
+
+export function backgroundTask(fn, timeout = undefined) {
+	let id = null;
+	const params = [];
+
+	async function runTask({ didTimeout }) {
+		if (didTimeout) {
+			id = requestIdleCallback(runTask);
+			return;
+		}
+		const start = Date.now();
+		const p = params.shift();
+		await fn(...p);
+		if (params.length) {
+			id = requestIdleCallback(runTask, { timeout });
+		} else {
+			id = null;
+		}
+	}
+
+	const wrapper = (...args) => {
+		params.push(args);
+		if (id !== null) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		id = requestIdleCallback(runTask, { timeout });
+		return true;
+	};
+
+	return wrapper;
+}