I'm aware that my problem might seem a little bit complex. But I'll try to express myself well.
I have this method which I want to return a Map[String, List[String]]
filled with data.
def myFunction():Map[String, List[String]] = {
val userMap = Map[String, String](("123456", "ASDBYYBAYGS456789"),
("54321", "HGFDSA5432"))
//the result map to return when all data is collected and added
val resultMap:Future[Map[String, List[String]]]
//when this map is finished (filled) this map is set to resultMap
val progressMap = Map[String, List[String]]()
for(user <- userMap){
//facebook graph API call to get posts.
val responsePost = WS.url("async get to facebook url").get()
responsePosts.flatMap { response =>
val jsonBody = response.json
val dataList = List[String]()
for(i <-0 until 5){
//parse the json-data to strings
val messages = (jsonBody.\("statuses").\("data")(i).\("message"))
val likesArray = (jsonBody.\("statuses").\("data")(i).\\("data")).flatMap(_.as[List[JsObject]])
val likes = likesArray.length
//Put post with likes in temporary list
dataList ::= ("Post: " + message.toString + " Likes: " + likes.toString)
}
//facebook graph API call to get friends.
val responseFriends = WS.url("async get to facebook url").get()
responseFriends.map { response =>
val jsonBody = response.json
val friendCount = jsonBody.\("data")(0).\("friend_count").toString
//add "Friends: xxx" to the dataList and add the new row to resultMap containig a list with post and friends.
dataList ::= ("Friends: " + friendCount)
progressMap += user._1 -> dataList
//check if all users has been updated
if(progressMap.size == userMap.size){
resultMap = progressMap
}
}
}
}
//return the resultMap.
return resultMap
}
}
My code might not be written with optimal syntax.
But what I want is to return this resultMap with data.
My problem is that since the "get to facebook url"
is done asynchronously this resultMap is returned empty. I do not want this to be empty ofcourse.
This code in my method is my solution so far. It does not work, obviously, but I hope you can see what I'm trying to do. Feel free to answer with your thoughts even though youre not sure, it might put me on the right track.