Let's say I have an API call that returns all the users from a database and takes some amount of time to complete.
// First promise returns an array after a delay
const getUsers = () => {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
return setTimeout(() => resolve([{ id: 'jon' }, { id: 'andrey' }, { id: 'tania' }]), 600)
})
}
Now there's another call that relies on some information that exists in the entire array of users.
// Second promise relies on the result of first promise
const getIdFromUser = users => {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
return setTimeout(() => resolve(users.id), 500)
})
}
And a third call that modifies the second call.
// Third promise relies on the result of the second promise
const capitalizeIds = id => {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
return setTimeout(() => resolve(id.toUpperCase()), 200)
})
}
I might try to run the first call, then use a for...of
loop to run the subsequent calls that rely on it.
const runAsyncFunctions = async () => {
const users = await getUsers()
for (let user of users) {
const userId = await getIdFromUser(user)
console.log(userId)
const capitalizedId = await capitalizeIds(userId)
console.log(capitalizedId)
}
console.log(users)
}
runAsyncFunctions()
However, this will be my output:
jon
JON
andrey
ANDREY
tania
TANIA
(3) [{…}, {…}, {…}]
I can use Promise.all()
instead to run all of the first, then all the second, then all the third functions.
const runAsyncFunctions = async () => {
const users = await getUsers()
Promise.all(
users.map(async user => {
const userId = await getIdFromUser(user)
console.log(userId)
const capitalizedId = await capitalizeIds(userId)
console.log(capitalizedId)
})
)
console.log(users)
}
(3) [{…}, {…}, {…}]
jon
andrey
tania
JON
ANDREY
TANIA
Hope that helps someone.
Here's the whole snippet you can run in the console.
// First promise returns an array
const getUsers = () => {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
return setTimeout(() => resolve([{ id: 'jon' }, { id: 'andrey' }, { id: 'tania' }]), 600)
})
}
// Second promise relies on the resulting array of first promise
const getIdFromUser = users => {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
return setTimeout(() => resolve(users.id), 500)
})
}
// Third promise relies on the result of the second promise
const capitalizeIds = id => {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
return setTimeout(() => resolve(id.toUpperCase()), 200)
})
}
const runAsyncFunctions = async () => {
const users = await getUsers()
Promise.all(
users.map(async user => {
const userId = await getIdFromUser(user)
console.log(userId)
const capitalizedId = await capitalizeIds(userId)
console.log(capitalizedId)
})
)
console.log(users)
}
runAsyncFunctions()