reload page from express using setInterval

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I have code that
a) handles a POST route,
b) taps API to generate access token and renders a page, and
c) runs the code on interval.
The problem is the first instance works fine, but second instance I get ERR_HTTP_HEADERS_SENT error. My code:
app.post("/intervalQuote",(req,res)=>{
  MongoClient.connect(url,{ useNewUrlParser: true, useUnifiedTopology: true }, (err,db)=>{
    if (err) throw err;
    const dbo = db.db('ameritrade');
    const ticker = req.body.ticker.toUpperCase();
    
    function intervalTimer() {
      access_token(dbo).then((access_token)=>{
        quote(access_token,ticker).then((quote)=>{
          res.render('quote',{result: quote});
        })
      })
    }
    intervalTimer();
    setInterval(intervalTimer,10*1000);
  })
})

I need to be able to run access_token, then quote functions before rendering the quote template. How can I do this on interval and reload the page? Much thanks for the help / suggestion!

Dwayne Jackson · Answer

Nevermind, I figured it out. Duh, my brain was frozen. All I had to do was move the setInterval function over to client side. Thanks all for looking at the question!

Jose Vasquez · Answer

The error ERR_HTTP_HEADERS_SENT is caused by sending a response several times res.render('quote',{result: quote}); in a setInterval(intervalTimer,10*1000);. As per de ExpressJS documentation says res.render sends the rendered HTML string to the client.
Once you've sent a response to the client you can't send another response as said here. The res.render function ends the request-response cycle.
To sum up, don't set an interval to re-render an static HTML.

reload page from express using setInterval

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