javascript how to use promises to return a value code example

Example 1: javascript return promise

function doSomething() {
  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    console.log("It is done.");
    // Succeed half of the time.
    if (Math.random() > .5) {
      resolve("SUCCESS")
    } else {
      reject("FAILURE")
    }
  })
}

const promise = doSomething(); 
promise.then(successCallback, failureCallback);

Example 2: js return a promise

function myAsyncFunction(url) {
  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
    xhr.open("GET", url);
    xhr.onload = () => resolve(xhr.responseText);
    xhr.onerror = () => reject(xhr.statusText);
    xhr.send();
  });
}

Example 3: making promises in js

getData()
    .then(data => console.log(data))
    .catch(error => console.log(error));