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How can i refresh a page for every one minute using javascript. Note: I don't have control/option to edit HTML body tag (where we usually call onload function).

RaceBase
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Just insert this code anywhere in the page:

<script type="text/javascript">
  setTimeout(function(){
    location = ''
  },60000)
</script>
Abraham
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  • What if I want to only have this work on a specific URL. I ask I want to use this on a MediaWiki site for myself on Special:MyPage/common.js to only refresh when I'm sitting on Special:Watchlist waiting for a response. – ShoeMaker Mar 12 '13 at 21:33
  • Maybe you could do something like `if (location == 'your url') { setTimeout(...,60000) }` – Abraham Mar 16 '13 at 10:37
  • Could you please expand on why this code performs the reload of the full page? – Sopalajo de Arrierez Nov 27 '19 at 11:44
  • 'setTimeout' function call only once right ? then How do I update the screen with an interval with a time0ut. – Vineesh TP Apr 02 '20 at 07:53
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<script type="text/javascript">
    setTimeout(function () { 
      location.reload();
    }, 60 * 1000);
</script>

setTimeout will reload the page after a specified number of milliseconds, hence 60 * 1000 = 1m. Also, since the page is being refreshed, the timeout will always be set on page load.

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  • Should change that to `setTimeout`. And tell him to put that in the code for the page, not in the console or something. – Some Guy Aug 20 '12 at 13:05
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You do not need to have the code in the body tag. Just add this snippet below and it should work no matter where it is in the page.

<script type="text/javascript">
    setInterval('window.location.reload()', 60000);
</script>

As long as you can access the HTML some where and your editor doesn't filter out tags you should be fine. If your editor has a separate area for JavaScript code then just enter setInterval line. :)

Stephen Cioffi
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4

Here's the thing mate! (Point 4 is for this particular question)

1). If you want to reload the same windows over and over again then just execute
window.location.reload()

2). If you want to hard reload from the server then execute
window.location.reload(true)
(basically, just pass true as a boolean arg to the same line of code)

3). If you want to do the same job as point 1 and 2 with a time out. i.e. execute the reload after some time JUST ONCE, then execute
setTimeout("window.location.reload()",10000);
(this should execute on the window after 10 sec. JUST ONCE)

4). If you want to keep reloading the window with a certain timeout then execute
setInterval("window.location.reload()",10000);

(this should execute on the window after 10 sec. with 10 sec. for the interval)


Surely,there're many ways to pass a callback..
setInterval(function(){window.location.reload();},10000);
or 
<code>
function call1(){
  location.reload(true);
}
setInterval(call1,10000);
</code>

Note:
-Have a look at MDN Guides for [setTimeout][1] and [setInterval][2] functions.
-Using the window object is optional but good to be used. (window is a global object and already available to your current window.)
Samarth
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If you don't want to edit the page, here's the trick. Open the console and write the below-mentioned snippet.

INTERVAL = 5    // seconds
STOP_AFTER = 15 // seconds

// Open the same link in the new tab
win1 = window.open(location.href);

// At every 5 seconds, reload the page
timer1 = setInterval(() => {
    win1.location.reload();
    console.log("Refreshed");
},INTERVAL*1000)

// Stop reloading after 15 seconds
setTimeout(() => clearInterval(timer1), STOP_AFTER*1000)
  1. Since you want to reload it, you can not simply write location.reload() since the console will be cleared once it is reloaded.
  2. Therefore, it will open a new tab with the same link. It will be easily able to control the 2nd tab using the console of the 1st tab.
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When your URL has parameters, it seems that using location = '' doesn't work in IE8. The page reloads without any parameters.

The following code works for me :

<script type="text/javascript">
  setTimeout(function(){
      window.location.href = window.location.href;
  },10000)
</script>
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