p-iteration

Make array iteration easy when using async/await and promises

Same functionality as the ES5 Array iteration methods we all know
All the methods return a Promise, making them awaitable and thenable
Allow the usage of async functions as callback
Callbacks run concurrently
Lightweight (no prd dependencies)

Install

$ npm install --save p-iteration

Usage

Smooth asynchronous iteration using async/await:

const { map } = require('p-iteration');

// map passing an async function as callback
function getUsers (userIds) {
  return map(userIds, async userId => {
    const response = await fetch(`/api/users/${userId}`);
    return response.json();
  });
}

// map passing a non-async function as callback
async function getRawResponses (userIds) {
  const responses = await map(userIds, userId => fetch(`/api/users/${userId}`));
  // ... do some stuff
  return responses;
}

// ...

const { filter } = require('p-iteration');

async function getFilteredUsers (userIds, name) {
  const filteredUsers = await filter(userIds, async userId => {
    const response = await fetch(`/api/users/${userId}`);
    const user = await response.json();
    return user.name === name;
  });
  // ... do some stuff
  return filteredUsers;
}

// ...

All methods return a Promise so they can just be used outside an async function just with plain Promises:

const { map } = require('p-iteration');

map([123, 125, 156], (userId) => fetch(`/api/users/${userId}`))
  .then((result) => {
    // ...
  })
  .catch((error) => {
    // ...
  });

If there is a Promise in the array, it will be unwrapped before calling the callback:

const { forEach } = require('p-iteration');
const fetchJSON = require('nonexistent-module');

function logUsers () {
  const users = [
    fetchJSON('/api/users/125'), // returns a Promise
    { userId: 123, name: 'Jolyne', age: 19 },
    { userId: 156, name: 'Caesar', age: 20 }
  ];
  return forEach(users, (user) => {
    console.log(user);
  });
}

const { find } = require('p-iteration');
const fetchJSON = require('nonexistent-module');

function findUser (name) {
  const users = [
    fetchJSON('/api/users/125'), // returns a Promise
    { userId: 123, name: 'Jolyne', age: 19 },
    { userId: 156, name: 'Caesar', age: 20 }
  ];
  return find(users, (user) => user.name === name);
}

The callback will be invoked as soon as the Promise is unwrapped:

const { forEach } = require('p-iteration');

// function that returns a Promise resolved after 'ms' passed
const delay = (ms) => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(() => resolve(ms), ms));

// 100, 200, 300 and 500 will be logged in this order
async function logNumbers () {
  const numbers = [
    delay(500),
    delay(200),
    delay(300),
    100
  ];
  await forEach(numbers, (number) => {
    console.log(number);
  });
}

API

The methods are implementations of the ES5 Array iteration methods we all know with the same syntax, but all return a Promise. Also, with the exception of reduce(), all methods callbacks are run concurrently. There is a series version of each method, called: ${methodName}Series, series methods use the same API that their respective concurrent ones.

There is a link to the original reference of each method in the docs of this module:

Instance methods

Extending native objects is discouraged and I don't recommend it, but in case you know what you are doing, you can extend Array.prototype to use the above methods as instance methods. They have been renamed as async${MethodName}, so the original ones are not overwritten.

const { instanceMethods } = require('p-iteration');

Object.assign(Array.prototype, instanceMethods);

async function example () {
  const foo = await [1, 2, 3].asyncMap((id) => fetch(`/api/example/${id}`));
}

License

MIT © Antonio V

Most popular functions for p-iteration

To help you get started, we’ve selected a few p-iteration examples, based on popular ways it is used in public projects.

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