How to Debounce with Observer Polymer - polymer

Question

I am trying to run getResponse once when a web components finishes loading. However, when I try to run this, the debounce function just acts as an async delay and runs 4 times after 5000 ms.
static get properties() {
return {
procedure: {
type: String,
observer: 'debounce'
}
}
}
debounce() {
this._debouncer = Polymer.Debouncer.debounce(this._debouncer, Polymer.Async.timeOut.after(5000), () => {
this.getResponse();
});
}
getResponse() {
console.log('get resp');
}
What is necessary to get getResponse to run once upon the loading of the element?

Answer 1

Are you sure you want to use a debouncer for that? you could just use the connectedCallBack to get a one Time Event
class DemoElement extends HTMLElement {
constructor() {
super();
this.callStack = 'constructor->';
}
connectedCallback() {
this.callStack += 'connectedCallback';
console.log('rendered');
fetch(this.fakeAjax()).then((response) => {
// can't do real ajax request here so we fake it... normally you would do
// something like this.innerHTML = response.text();
// not that "rendered" get console logged before "fetch done"
this.innerHTML = `
<p>${this.callStack}</p>
<p>${response.statusText}</p>
`;
console.log('fetch done');
}).catch(function(err) {
console.log(err); // Error :(
});
}
fakeAjax() {
return window.URL.createObjectURL(new Blob(['empty']));
};
}
customElements.define('demo-element', DemoElement);
<demo-element></demo-element>
If you really need to use an observer you could also set a flag this.isLoaded in your connectedCallback() and check for that in your observer code.