resolve-and-pass-multiple-values-from-a-then.md

Resolve And Pass Multiple Values From A Then

Let's say you are chaining multiple async function calls together.

fetchTrainer(trainerName)
  .then(response => {
    const trainerData = response.body;

    return fetchPokemonFor({ trainerId: trainerData.id });
  })
  .then(response => {
    // I want trainerData, but it is now out of scope...
  });

But in the last then() you want access to both the trainerData and the pokemonData. So, how do you pass both the trainerData and the resolved response of fetchPokemonFor() through to that last then().

fetchTrainer(trainerName)
  .then(response => {
    const trainerData = response.body;

    return Promise.all([
      trainerData,
      fetchPokemonFor({ trainerId: trainerData.id })
    ]);
  })
  .then(([trainerData, pokemonResponse]) => {
    const pokemonData = pokemonResponse.body;

    // do something with trainerData and pokemonData
  });

Promise.all allows us to resolve and pass multiple promises. If any of the values in the array argument is not a promise, it simply passes it through.

h/t Brian Dunn