settimeout and setinterval w3schools code example

Example 1: delay in javascript

setTimeout(function() {
 //your code here
}, 1000);

Example 2: timer in javascript

//single event i.e. alarm, time in milliseconds
var timeout = setTimeout(function(){yourFunction()},10000);
//repeated events, gap in milliseconds
var interval = setInterval(function(){yourFunction()},1000);