Change idle duration at runtime about ng-idle

[moribvndvs]

You can only change the idleDuration by using $idleProvider.idleDuration. That of course infers that you can only configure it during .config, and can't change it once $idle is created and injected elsewhere.

Originally, I didn't consider a viable use case where someone would want to change the configuration on the fly. However, now that I think about it, I suppose you might have an application with an admin console where you might want to change the the values to it at runtime.

If you are interested in varying the configuration on a controller-by-controller basis (or something like that), that could be tricky and I'd have to give it some thought.

Anyways, I could duplicate the config methods on the $idle service itself, but I'm hesitant on doing so unless it's generally useful to everyone so that I avoid bloating the module (people are very picky about size and complexity). You could fork the module and add in what you need fairly easily, though.

I will mark as won't fix, but if enough people vote for it we can reopen and address it.

[henyana]

+1

[nikakhov]

I ended up finding a workaround. My solution should be in my web_wallet repo.

[pvledoux]

Let me explain my use case, maybe you will see why it could be useful: We have a mobile app build with Ionic that will be installed on tablets and used as information kiosk. We use ng-idle to redirect application to language picker if we don't have any user activity. The idle duration is configurable directly in the settings of the application, so we need to change it on runtime. Currently, my workaround is to make idleProvider global, but as you can imagine, I don't really want to release the app with that trick.

[sheetalkanade]

For my app, I have a requirement to make session timeout configurable per user and this information is fetched from the server after login. So I want to update the idle duration through a service / controller after user session is established. I am using ngIdle but have hardcoded the value in config. Can I change it in the controller?

[sheetalkanade]

Never mind. I was using an older version of ngIdle. Thank.

[atljoseph]

When you guys get solutions, please post them here for everyone else