var timer = null; function handleRequest(request, response) { response.processAsync(); timer = Cc["@mozilla.org/timer;1"].createInstance(Ci.nsITimer); timer.initWithCallback( function () { response.setStatusLine(null, 200, "OK"); response.setHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain", false); response.write("hello"); response.finish(); }, 30000 /* milliseconds */, Ci.nsITimer.TYPE_ONE_SHOT ); }