IdleMonitor

A simple AMD component which fires Backbone Events if the user is idle.

Features

• Very small
• Works across tabs using localStorage
• Unopinionated events

Dependencies

Backbone (and Underscore)

Install

bower install idle-monitor

Usage

This is an AMD component, and it is designed to be loaded with things like RequireJS or Almond. This code simply fires events -- it's up to the consumer to react to these events.

// An example AMD module
define(function(require) {
    // Pull in the idle-monitor
    var IdleMonitor = require("idle-monitor");
    
    // Initialize a new one
    idleMonitor = new IdleMonitor();
    
    // Starting will poll for idleness
    idleMonitor.start({
        checkIntervalSecs : 10,
        events : {
            document : "click keyup"
        },
        warningSecs : 60 * 14,
        timeoutSecs : 60 * 15
    });
    
    // Do something when the user has been idle for awhile
    idleMonitor.on("warning", function() {
        console.log("Wow -- you're not doing anything.");
    });
    
    // Fires when user fires a non-idle event
    idleMonitor.on("action", function() {
        console.log("Oh hi. You're here.");
    });
    
    // You've had your warning, you're TOO idle
    idleMonitor.on("timeout", function() {
        console.log("Ok... we're going to log you out");
    });
    
    // Stop will stop polling
    idleMonitor.stop();
});

Options

checkIntervalSecs

How often the idle-monitor should poll. default: 10

events

A mapping of jQuery selectors and events which "reset" the idleness.

default:

events : {
    document : "click keyup"
}

warningSecs

Number of seconds before trigger a warning event. default: 60 * 14

timeoutSecs

Number of seconds before triggering a timeout event. default: 60 * 15