puppeteer: wait N seconds before continuing to the next line

You can use a little promise function,

function delay(time) {
   return new Promise(function(resolve) { 
       setTimeout(resolve, time)
   });
}

Then, call it whenever you want a delay.

console.log('before waiting');
await delay(4000);
console.log('after waiting');

If you must use puppeteer use the builtin waitForTimeout function.

await page.waitForTimeout(4000)

If you still want to use page.evaluate, resolve it after 4 seconds. You are not resolving anything.

await page.evaluate(async() => {
    await new Promise(function(resolve) { 
           setTimeout(resolve, 1000)
    });
});

But I guess you can simply use the first two examples.

You can use one of the following options to wait for one second:

await page.waitFor(1000);
await frame.waitFor(1000);
await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 1000));

Alternatively, there are many Puppeteer functions that include a built-in delay option, which may come in handy for waiting between certain events:

// Click Delay
// Time to wait between mousedown and mouseup in milliseconds. Defaults to 0.

await page.click('#example', {delay: 1000});
await frame.click('#example', {delay: 1000});
await elementHandle.click({delay: 1000});
await page.mouse.click(0, 0, {delay: 1000});

// Type Delay
// Time to wait between key presses in milliseconds. Defaults to 0.

await page.type('#example', 'Hello, world!', {delay: 1000});
await frame.type('#example', 'Hello, world!', {delay: 1000});
await elementHandle.type('Hello, world!', {delay: 1000});
await page.keyboard.type('Hello, world!', {delay: 1000});

// Press Delay
// Time to wait between keydown and keyup in milliseconds. Defaults to 0.

await elementHandle.press('Backspace', {delay: 1000});
await page.keyboard.press('Backspace', {delay: 1000});

I've been using:

await page.waitForTimeout(3000);

Where 3000 is Milliseconds And that seems to be working for me.