To create a countdown timer that counts down from a specific duration (in this case, 5 minutes), you can use the timer operator in a similar way as before, but instead of using the current time to calculate the remaining time, you can use the total duration of the countdown to calculate the remaining time.
Here is an example of how you can do this:
import { timer } from 'rxjs';
const countdown$ = timer(0, 1000).pipe(
take(300),
map(secondsElapsed => 300 - secondsElapsed)
);
countdown$.subscribe(secondsLeft => {
this.secondsLeft = secondsLeft;
});
In this example, we use the timer operator to create an observable that emits an event every second, and we use the take operator to limit the observable to 300 events (5 minutes).
We then use the map operator to transform the emitted values so that they represent the number of seconds remaining in the countdown. To do this, we subtract the number of seconds that have elapsed from the total duration of the countdown (300 seconds).
Finally, we subscribe to the observable and use the values emitted by the timer to update the UI of our Angular component. In the component's template, we can display the remaining time using the secondsLeft property, which is updated with each event emitted by the timer.
<p>{{ secondsLeft }} seconds remaining</p>
I hope this helps!