Added option for maxReconnectInterval

README.md

@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ or
 - Accepts `integer`
 - Default: `1000`
 
+#### `maxReconnectInterval`
+- The maximum number of milliseconds to delay a reconnection attempt.
+- Accepts `integer`
+- Default: `30000`
+
 ####`reconnectDecay`
 - The rate of increase of the reconnect delay. Allows reconnect attempts to back off when problems persist.
 - Accepts `integer` or `float`

reconnecting-websocket.js

@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@
  * reconnectInterval
  * - The number of milliseconds to delay before attempting to reconnect. Accepts integer. Default: 1000.
  *
+ * maxReconnectInterval
+ * - The maximum number of milliseconds to delay a reconnection attempt. Accepts integer. Default: 30000.
+ *
  * reconnectDecay
  * - The rate of increase of the reconnect delay. Allows reconnect attempts to back off when problems persist. Accepts integer or float. Default: 1.5.
  *
@@ -104,6 +107,8 @@
  debug: false,
  /** The number of milliseconds to delay before attempting to reconnect. */
  reconnectInterval: 1000,
+ /** The maximum number of milliseconds to delay a reconnection attempt. */
+ maxReconnectInterval: 30000,
  /** The rate of increase of the reconnect delay. Allows reconnect attempts to back off when problems persist. */
  reconnectDecay: 1.5,
  /** The maximum time in milliseconds to wait for a connection to succeed before closing and retrying. */
@@ -232,10 +237,12 @@
  }
  eventTarget.dispatchEvent(generateEvent('close'));
  }
+
  setTimeout(function() {
  self.reconnectAttempts++;
  connect(true);
- }, self.reconnectInterval * Math.pow(self.reconnectDecay, self.reconnectAttempts));
+ }, Math.min(self.reconnectInterval * Math.pow(self.reconnectDecay, self.reconnectAttempts), 
+ self.maxReconnectInterval));
  }
  };
  ws.onmessage = function(event) {