Serverside promises

Promises are now supported serverside so you can now write asynchronous code.

Example

https.get.promise({
    url: 'https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1'
})
    .then(function(response){
        log.debug({
            title: 'Response',
            details: response
        });
    })
    .catch(function onRejected(reason) {
        log.debug({
            title: 'Invalid Get Request: ',
            details: reason
        });
    })

You can also create your own Promises now like so:

let promise = new Promise((resolve) => {
        let response = https.get({url: 'https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1'});
        resolve(response.body);
    });
    
    promise.then(log.debug); //This calls log.debug and uses whatever data is returned as parameter

Async functions (Async/Await)

Async functions provide a way to structure and simplify your asynchronous code. It is useful to avoid callback that comes with Promises as it can get pretty complex.

Example

async function asyncRequest(){ //<< Note the async keyword next to the function
    let promise = new Promise((resolve) => {
    let response = https.get({url: 'https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1'});
        resolve(response.body);
    });
    
    //promise.then(log.debug); //No longer using this
    let responseBody = await promise; //Using await instead
    log.debug('responseBody', responseBody); //Logs correctly
}