Promise.try shim for ES6 Promises
npm install es6-promise-tryA Promise.try shim for ES6 Promises.
Promise.try is an important tool for writing robust and readable code with Promises (this article explains why), but ES6 Promises do not (yet) include this in their specification. This module provides an implementation of Promise.try for ES6 Promises that can be used stand-alone, without modifying Promise's prototype.
The goal of this module is to be functionally equivalent to Bluebird's Promise.try implementation. If you find that it behaves differently in some way, please file a bug.
__This module requires ES6 Promises to be available in your environment.__ If you are targeting a platform that doesn't (always) provide ES6 Promises natively, you will need to use a polyfill like es6-promise.
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An example from the article:
``javascript
var promiseTry = require("es6-promise-try");
function getUsername(userId) {
return promiseTry(function() {
return database.users.get({id: userID});
}).then(function(user) {
return user.name;
});
}
`
Immediately invokes func - in the same tick of the event loop - and wraps it to provide error-handling and Promises/A+ compatibility, as described in the article. Functionally equivalent to Bluebird's Promise.try`.