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NodeJS equivalent to Python's time.sleep() using async/await

Install the sleep-promise package:

npm install --save sleep-promise

then you can use

const sleep = require('sleep-promise');

// In any async function:
await sleep(2000); // Wait 2000 ms

Full example:

const sleep = require('sleep-promise');

(async () => {
    console.log("This prints immediately");
    await sleep(2000);
    console.log("This prints 2 seconds later");
})();