Use promise to process MySQL return value in node.

Question

I have a python background and is currently migrating to node.js. I have problem adjusting to node.js due to its asynchronous nature.

For example, I am trying to return a value from a MySQL function.

function getLastRecord(name)
{
    var connection = getMySQL_connection();

    var query_str =
    "SELECT name, " +
    "FROM records " +   
    "WHERE (name = ?) " +
    "LIMIT 1 ";

    var query_var = [name];

    var query = connection.query(query_str, query_var, function (err, rows, fields) {
        //if (err) throw err;
        if (err) {
            //throw err;
            console.log(err);
            logger.info(err);
        }
        else {
            //console.log(rows);
            return rows;
        }
    }); //var query = connection.query(query_str, function (err, rows, fields) {
}

var rows = getLastRecord('name_record');

console.log(rows);

After some reading up, I realize the above code cannot work and I need to return a promise due to node.js's asynchronous nature. I cannot write node.js code like python. How do I convert getLastRecord() to return a promise and how do I handle the returned value?

In fact, what I want to do is something like this;

if (getLastRecord() > 20)
{
    console.log("action");
}

How can this be done in node.js in a readable way?

I would like to see how promises can be implemented in this case using bluebird.

Answer 1

You don't need to use promises, you can use a callback function, something like that:

function getLastRecord(name, next)
{
    var connection = getMySQL_connection();

    var query_str =
    "SELECT name, " +
    "FROM records " +    
    "LIMIT 1 ";

    var query_var = [name];

    var query = connection.query(query_str, query_var, function (err, rows, fields) {
        //if (err) throw err;
        if (err) {
            //throw err;
            console.log(err);
            logger.info(err);
            next(err);
        }
        else {
            //console.log(rows);
            next(null, rows);
        }
    }); //var query = connection.query(query_str, function (err, rows, fields) {
}

getLastRecord('name_record', function(err, data) {
   if(err) {
      // handle the error
   } else {
      // handle your data

   }
});