I'm using the axios promise library, but my question applies more generally I think. Right now I'm looping over some data and making a single REST call per iteration.
As each call completes I need to add the return value to an object. At a high level, it looks like this:
var mainObject = {};
myArrayOfData.forEach(function(singleElement){
myUrl = singleElement.webAddress;
axios.get(myUrl)
.then(function(response) {
mainObject[response.identifier] = response.value;
});
});
console.log(convertToStringValue(mainObject));
What's happening of course is when I call console.log
the mainObject
doesn't have any data in it yet, since axios is still reaching out. What's a good way of dealing with this situation?
Axios does have an all
method along with a sister spread
one, but they appear to be of use if you know ahead of time how many calls you'll be making, whereas in my case I don't know how many loop iterations there will be.