feat(resources) add util.promisify example

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pandaniell
2020-06-08 19:45:15 +02:00
parent 73d6775a0c
commit 3657908fd0
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ title: Converting a callback
recommended_reading:
- javascript/promises/intro
- javascript/promises/async-await
external_resources:
- text: util.promisify(original)
href: "https://nodejs.org/api/util.html#util_util_promisify_original"
---
It's still pretty common to be forced to use an API that doesn't support promises. While a promise API is often preferred, it's not always available.
@@ -61,3 +64,19 @@ const weather = await getWeatherAsync("Los Angeles").catch((error) => {
console.log(weather);
```
In Node.js >v8.0.0 you can make use of the built-in `util` package which exposes a
[promisify](https://nodejs.org/api/util.html#util_util_promisify_original) method. This method helps us convert our original function to a promise-based function so that it returns the callback.
Using our example from earlier, we can write it as:
```js
const util = require("util")
const getWeatherAsync = util.promisify(getWeather)
const weather = await getWeatherAync("Los Angeles").catch(console.log)
console.log(weather)
```
**Note:** the `promisify` method adds a extra argument to the arguments you passed in. In this case we are calling the custom function with a single parameter of type `String`, which means the original function should also accept `(String, Function)`, `Function` being the callback `(error, result)`.