how can I return the array from this promise?

Question

I have tried a few methods and been reading round but I cannot seem to figure out how to return the names array from this function.

function getNames(oauth2Client, docs) {
const api = x('v1');

let names = [];

return Promise.each(docs, function(doc) {
        let req = api.users.messages.get;

        let options = ({
            auth: oauth2Client,
            'userId': 'me',
            'id': doc.id
        });

        return Promise.promisify(req)(options).then(function(response) {
            for (y = 0; y < response.names.length; y++) {              
                names.push(response.names[y].toLowerCase());                
            }
        })
        .catch(function (err) {
            console.log('An error occured: ' + err.message);
            throw err;
        });
    });
}

Answer 1

I'm not sure what Promise library you are using as it appears non-standard, but something like this I think is what you want. I added comments for what's going on - you might have to change those lines of code to suit your promise library.

function getNames(oauth2Client, docs) {
    const api = x('v1');
    const names = [];
    // create a stack of promises
    const stack = [];
    docs.forEach(doc => {
        let req = api.users.messages.get;
        let options = ({
            auth: oauth2Client,
            'userId': 'me',
            'id': doc.id
        });
        // push each promise onto the stack
        stack.push(
            Promise.promisify(req)(options).then(function(response) {
                for (y = 0; y < response.names.length; y++) {              
                    names.push(response.names[y].toLowerCase());                
                }
            })
            .catch(function (err) {
                console.log('An error occured: ' + err.message);
                throw err;
            })
        );
    });
    // Wait for all promises in the stack to finish, and then
    // return the names array as the final value.
    return Promise.all(stack).then(() => names);
}