Promise is returning <pending>

I've written a little code snipped for a http request. After I realized request is async, I rewrote my code with a promise. But it's telling me that the promise is pending. I have absolute no idea why it is wrong. Here my code:

request

function verifyUser(uname,pword){
var options = {
url: 'CENSORED',
method: 'POST',
headers: headers,
form: {'Username':uname, 'Password':pword, 'Key':key},
json:true
}
return new Promise((r,j) => request(options,(error,response,body)=>{
if(error){
console.log("[ERROR] Promise returned error");
throw j(error);
}
r(body);
}))
}
async function receiveWBBData(uspass,passwd){
const data = await verifyUser(uspass,passwd);
return data;
}

var test1 = receiveWBBData("r0b","CENSORED");
console.log(test1);`


Thanks in advance!

throw j(error);

j

else

r(body)

reject

resolve

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resolve

request

receiveWBBData("r0b","CENSORED").then(console.log)

request(options,(error,response,body)

2 Answers
2

receiveWBBData is async. Therefore, test1 is a promise. If you want to log the result, do test1.then(console.log).catch(console.error), or use var test1 = await receiveWBBData(/*...*/) if you want the result in your variable. Note that await can only be used in async functions.

receiveWBBData

test1

test1.then(console.log).catch(console.error)

var test1 = await receiveWBBData(/*...*/)

await

Also, as @somethinghere mentionned, you should not throw your promise rejection, you should return it.

then

await

async

An async function always returns a promise. In order to "unwrap" a promise, you need to await on it, so you need var test1 = await receiveWBBData("r0b","CENSORED");.

await

var test1 = await receiveWBBData("r0b","CENSORED");

Top-level await is not part of the language yet, so I'd recommend you add a function called main() or run() and just call that when your script starts.

main()

run()

async function receiveWBBData(uspass,passwd){
const data = await verifyUser(uspass,passwd);
return data;
}

async function main() {
var test1 = receiveWBBData("r0b","CENSORED");
console.log(test1);`
}

main().catch(error => console.error(error.stack));


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