node what is a promise code example

Example 1: what is a promise

// Promise is a special type of object that helps you work with asynchronous operations.
// Many functions will return a promise to you in situations where the value cannot be retrieved immediately.

const userCount = getUserCount();
console.log(userCount); // Promise {<pending>}

// In this case, getUserCount is the function that returns a Promise. If we try to immediately display the value of the userCount variable, we get something like Promise {<pending>}.
// This will happen because there is no data yet and we need to wait for it.

Example 2: .promise()

var promise = new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
  // do some long running async thing…
  
  if (/* everything turned out fine */) {
    resolve("Stuff worked!");
  }
  else {
    reject(Error("It broke"));
  }
});

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