promise-do-whilst

Calls a function repeatedly while a condition returns true and then resolves the promise

• See Also
  • promise-whilst
  • promise-until
  • promise-do-until

Installation

$ npm install --save promise-do-whilst

Usage

import promiseDoWhilst from 'promise-do-whilst';
 
let count = 0;
 
promiseDoWhilst(() => {
  count++;
}, () => {
  return count < 5;
}).then(() => {
  console.log(count);
  // => 5
});
 
// ...
 
let max = 0;
 
promiseDoWhilst(() => {
  max++;
}, () => {
  return max < 1;
}).then(() => {
  console.log(max);
  // => 1
});
 

API

promiseDoWhilst(action, condition)

Executes action repeatedly while condition returns true and then resolves the promise. Rejects if action returns a promise that rejects or if an error is thrown anywhere.

action

Type: function

Action to run for each iteration.

You can return a promise and it will be handled.

condition

Type: function

Should return a boolean of whether to continue.

License

ISC © Buster Collings