extra-promise

Utilities for JavaScript Promise and async functions.

Install

npm install --save extra-promise
# or
yarn add extra-promise

API

interface INonBlockingChannel<T> {
  send(value: T): void
  receive(): AsyncIterable<T>
  close: () => void
}

interface IBlockingChannel<T> {
  send(value: T): Promise<void>
  receive(): AsyncIterable<T>
  close: () => void
}

interface IDeferred<T> {
  resolve(value: T): void
  reject(reason: unknown): void
}

functions

isPromise

function isPromise<T>(val: unknown): val is Promise<T>
function isntPromise<T>(val: T): val is Exclude<T, Promise<unknown>>

isPromiseLike

function isPromiseLike<T>(val: unknown): val is PromiseLike<T>
function isntPromiseLike<T>(val: T): val is Exclude<T, PromiseLike<unknown>>

delay

function delay(timeout: number, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<void>

A simple wrapper for setTimeout.

timeout

function timeout(ms: number, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<never>

It throws a TimeoutError after ms milliseconds.

try {
  result = await Promise.race([
    fetchData()
  , timeout(5000)
  ])
} catch (e) {
  if (e instanceof TimeoutError) ...
}

pad

function pad<T>(ms: number, fn: () => Awaitable<T>): Promise<T>

Run a function, but wait at least ms milliseconds before returning.

parallel

function parallel(
  tasks: Iterable<() => Awaitable<unknown>>
, concurrency: number = Infinity
): Promise<void>

Perform tasks in parallel.

The value range of concurrency is [1, Infinity]. Invalid values will throw Error.

parallelAsync

function parallelAsync(
  tasks: AsyncIterable<() => Awaitable<unknown>>
, concurrency: number // concurrency must be finite number
): Promise<void>

Same as parallel, but tasks is an AsyncIterable.

series

function series(
  tasks: Iterable<() => Awaitable<unknown>>
       | AsyncIterable<() => Awaitable<unknown>>
): Promise<void>

Perform tasks in order. Equivalent to parallel(tasks, 1).

waterfall

function waterfall<T>(
  tasks: Iterable<(result: unknown) => Awatiable<unknown>>
       | AsyncIterable<(result: unknown) => Awaitable<unknown>>
): Promise<T | undefined>

Perform tasks in order, the return value of the previous task will become the parameter of the next task. If tasks is empty, return Promise<undefined>.

each

function each(
  iterable: Iterable<T>
, fn: (element: T, i: number) => Awaitable<unknown>
, concurrency: number = Infinity
): Promise<void>

The async each operator for Iterable.

The value range of concurrency is [1, Infinity]. Invalid values will throw Error.

eachAsync

function eachAsync<T>(
  iterable: AsyncIterable<T>
, fn: (element: T, i: number) => Awaitable<unknown>
, concurrency: number // concurrency must be finite number
): Promise<void>

Same as each, but iterable is an AsyncIterable.

map

function map<T, U>(
  iterable: Iterable<T>
, fn: (element: T, i: number) => Awaitable<U>
, concurrency: number = Infinity
): Promise<U[]>

The async map operator for Iterable.

The value range of concurrency is [1, Infinity]. Invalid values will throw Error.

mapAsync

function mapAsync<T, U>(
  iterable: AsyncIterable<T>
, fn: (element: T, i: number) => Awaitable<U>
, concurrency: number // concurrency must be finite number
): Promise<U[]>

Same as map, but iterable is an AsyncIterable.

filter

function filter<T, U = T>(
  iterable: Iterable<T>
, fn: (element: T, i: number) => Awaitable<boolean>
, concurrency: number = Infinity
): Promise<U[]>

The async filter operator for Iterable.

The value range of concurrency is [1, Infinity]. Invalid values will throw Error.

filterAsync

function filterAsync<T, U = T>(
  iterable: AsyncIterable<T>
, fn: (element: T, i: number) => Awaitable<boolean>
, concurrency: number // concurrency must be finite number
): Promise<U[]>

Same as filter, but iterable is an AsyncIterable.

all

function all<T extends { [key: string]: PromiseLike<unknown> }>(
  obj: T
): Promise<{ [Key in keyof T]: UnpackedPromiseLike<T[Key]> }>

It is similar to Promise.all, but the first parameter is an object.

const { task1, task2 } = await all({
  task1: invokeTask1()
, task2: invokeTask2()
})

promisify

type Callback<T> = (err: any, result?: T) => void

function promisify<Result, Args extends any[] = unknown[]>(
  fn: (...args: [...args: Args, callback?: Callback<Result>]) => unknown
): (...args: Args) => Promise<Result>

The well-known promisify function.

callbackify

type Callback<T> = (err: any, result?: T) => void

function callbackify<Result, Args extends any[] = unknown[]>(
  fn: (...args: Args) => Awaitable<Result>
): (...args: [...args: Args, callback: Callback<Result>]) => void

The callbackify function, as opposed to promisify.

asyncify

function asyncify<Args extends any[], Result, This = unknown>(
  fn: (this: This, ...args: Args) => Awaitable<Result>
): (this: This, ...args: Promisify<Args>) => Promise<Result>

Turn sync functions into async functions.

const a = 1
const b = Promise.resolve(2)

const add = (a: number, b: number) => a + b

// BAD
add(a, await b) // 3

// GOOD
const addAsync = asyncify(add) // (a: number | PromiseLike<number>, b: number | PromiseLike<number>) => Promise<number>
await addAsync(a, b) // Promise<3>

It can also be used to eliminate the call stack:

// OLD
function count(n: number, i: number = 0): number {
  if (i < n) return count(n, i + 1)
  return i
}

count(10000) // RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded

// NEW
const countAsync = asyncify((n: number, i: number = 0): Awaitable<number> => {
  if (i < n) return countAsync(n, i + 1)
  return i
})

await countAsync(10000) // 10000

spawn

function spawn<T>(
  num: number
, create: (id: number) => Awaitable<T>
): Promise<T[]>

A sugar for create multiple values in parallel.

The parameter id is from 1 to num.

limitConcurrencyByQueue

function limitConcurrencyByQueue<T, Args extends any[]>(
  concurrency: number
, fn: (...args: Args) => PromiseLike<T>
): (...args: Args) => Promise<T>

Limit the number of concurrency, calls that exceed the number of concurrency will be delayed in order.

reusePendingPromises

type VerboseResult<T> = [value: T, isReuse: boolean]

interface IReusePendingPromisesOptions<Args> {
  createKey?: (args: Args) => unknown
  verbose?: true
}

function reusePendingPromises<T, Args extends any[]>(
  fn: (...args: Args) => PromiseLike<T>
, options: IReusePendingPromisesOptions<Args> & { verbose: true }
): (...args: Args) => Promise<VerboseResult<T>>
function reusePendingPromises<T, Args extends any[]>(
  fn: (...args: Args) => PromiseLike<T>
, options: IReusePendingPromisesOptions<Args> & { verbose: false }
): (...args: Args) => Promise<T>
function reusePendingPromises<T, Args extends any[]>(
  fn: (...args: Args) => PromiseLike<T>
, options: Omit<IReusePendingPromisesOptions<Args>, 'verbose'>
): (...args: Args) => Promise<T>
function reusePendingPromises<T, Args extends any[]>(
  fn: (...args: Args) => PromiseLike<T>
): (...args: Args) => Promise<T>

Returns a function that will return the same Promise for calls with the same parameters if the Promise is pending.

It generates cache keys based on the options.createKey function, The default value of options.createKey is a stable JSON.stringify implementation.

Classes

StatefulPromise

enum StatefulPromiseState {
  Pending = 'pending'
, Fulfilled = 'fulfilled'
, Rejected = 'rejected'
}

class StatefulPromise<T> extends Promise<T> {
  static from<T>(promise: PromiseLike<T>): StatefulPromise<T>

  get state(): StatefulPromiseState

  constructor(
    executor: (
      resolve: (value: T) => void
    , reject: (reason: any) => void
    ) => void
  )

  isPending(): boolean
  isFulfilled(): boolean
  isRejected(): boolean
}

A subclass of Promise used for testing, helps you understand the state of Promise.

Channel

class Channel<T> implements IBlockingChannel<T>

Implement MPMC(multi-producer, multi-consumer) FIFO queue communication with Promise and AsyncIterable.

• send Send value to the channel, block until data is taken out by the consumer.
• receive Receive value from the channel.
• close Close the channel.

If the channel closed, send and receive will throw ChannelClosedError. AsyncIterator that have already been created do not throw ChannelClosedError, but return { done: true }.

const chan = new Channel<string>()
queueMicrotask(() => {
  await chan.send('hello')
  await chan.send('world')
})
for await (const value of chan.receive()) {
  console.log(value)
}

BufferedChannel

class BufferedChannel<T> implements IBlockingChannel<T> {
  constructor(bufferSize: number)
}

Implement MPMC(multi-producer, multi-consumer) FIFO queue communication with Promise and AsyncIterable. When the amount of data sent exceeds bufferSize, send will block until data in buffer is taken out by the consumer.

• send Send value to the channel. If the buffer is full, block.
• receive Receive value from the channel.
• close Close the channel.

If the channel closed, send and receive will throw ChannelClosedError. AsyncIterator that have already been created do not throw ChannelClosedError, but return { done: true }.

const chan = new BufferedChannel<string>(1)

queueMicrotask(() => {
  await chan.send('hello')
  await chan.send('world')
})

for await (const value of chan.receive()) {
  console.log(value)
}

UnlimitedChannel

class UnlimitedChannel<T> implements INonBlockingChannel<T>

Implement MPMC(multi-producer, multi-consumer) FIFO queue communication with Promise and AsyncIterable.

UnlimitedChannel return a tuple includes three channel functions:

• send Send value to the channel. There is no size limit on the buffer, all sending will return immediately.
• receive Receive value from the channel.
• close Close the channel.

If the channel closed, send and receive will throw ChannelClosedError. AsyncIterator that have already been created do not throw ChannelClosedError, but return { done: true }.

const chan = new UnlimitedChannel<string>()

queueMicrotask(() => {
  chan.send('hello')
  chan.send('world')
})

for await (const value of chan.receive()) {
  console.log(value)
}

Deferred

class Deferred<T> implements PromiseLike<T>, IDeferred<T>

Deferred is a Promise that separates resolve() and reject() from the constructor.

MutableDeferred

class MutableDeferred<T> implements PromiseLike<T>, IDefrred<T>

MutableDeferred is similar to Deferred, but its resolve() and reject() can be called multiple times to change the value.

const deferred = new MutableDeferred()
deferred.resolve(1)
deferred.resolve(2)

await deferred // resolved(2)

ReusableDeferred

class ReusableDeferred<T> implements PromiseLike<T>, IDeferred<T>

ReusableDeferred is similar to MutableDeferred, but its internal Deferred will be overwritten with a new pending Deferred after each call.

const deferred = new ReusableDeferred()
deferred.resolve(1)
queueMicrotask(() => deferred.resolve(2))

await deferred // pending, resolved(2)

DeferredGroup

class DeferredGroup<T> implements IDeferred<T> {
  add(deferred: IDeferred<T>): void
  remove(deferred: IDeferred<T>): void
  clear(): void
}

LazyPromise

class LazyPromise<T> implements PromiseLike<T> {
  then: PromiseLike<T>['then']

  constructor(
    executor: (resolve: (value: T) => void
  , reject: (reason: any) => void) => void
  )
}

LazyPromise constructor is the same as Promise.

The difference with Promise is that LazyPromise only performs executor after then method is called.

Semaphore

type Release = () => void

class Semaphore {
  constructor(count: number)

  acquire(): Promise<Release>
  acquire<T>(handler: () => Awaitable<T>): Promise<T>
}

Mutex

type Release = () => void

class Mutex extends Semaphore {
  acquire(): Promise<Release>
  acquire<T>(handler: () => Awaitable<T>): Promise<T>
}

DebounceMicrotask

class DebounceMicrotask {
  queue(fn: () => void): void
  cancel(fn: () => void): boolean
}

queue can create a microtask, if the microtask is not executed, multiple calls will only queue it once.

cancel can cancel a microtask before it is executed.

DebounceMacrotask

class DebounceMacrotask {
  queue(fn: () => void): void
  cancel(fn: () => void): boolean
}

queue can create a macrotask, if the macrotask is not executed, multiple calls will only queue it once.

cancel can cancel a macrotask before it is executed.

TaskRunner

class TaskRunnerDestroyedError extends CustomError {}

class TaskRunner {
  constructor(
    concurrency: number = Infinity
  , rateLimit?: {
      duration: number
      limit: number
    }
  )

  /**
   * @throws {TaskRunnerDestroyedError}
   */
  run(task: (signal: AbortSignal) => Awaitable<T>, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<T>

  destroy(): void
}

A task runner, it will execute tasks in FIFO order.