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How can I sequentially chain promises using bluebirdjs?

Promise.all() doesn't guarantee that promises will be resolved in order. How can this be done?

Solution

  • Since you're using Bluebird JS, this can be actually done in a simple way.

    In version 2.0, Bluebird introduced the Promise.each method that does this, for looping a then is simple enough, but since it is so common and got requested time after time eventually it was added as its own method.

    function foo(item, ms){ // note bluebird has a delay method
    return Promise.delay(ms, item).then(console.log.bind(console))
}

var items = ['one', 'two', 'three'];

Promise.each(items, function(item, i){
    return foo(item, (items.length - i) * 1000)
});

    Which produces the same result as the other answer, only with less lines of code and it also lets Bluebird perform optimizations on the iteration.