Loop through asynchronous request

Question

so I have the following code to loop through a Object:

for(var x in block){
    sendTextMessage(block[x].text, sender, function(callback){
        //increme         


        

Answer 1

One of the ways I've solved this in the past is to use an interval timer, sort of like this:

var isSending = false;
var sendMessages = setInterval(function() {
  if(!isSending) {
    isSending = true;
    sendTextMessage(block.pop().text, sender, function(){
      if(block.length) {
       isSending = false;
      } else {
        clearInterval(sendMessages);
        //Done
      }
    })
  }
})

function sendTextMessage(text, sender, callback) {
    let messageData = { text:text}
    request({
        url: 'https://graph.facebook.com/v2.6/me/messages',
        qs: {access_token:token},
        method: 'POST',
        json: {
            recipient: {id:sender},
            message: messageData,
        }
    }, function(error, response, body) {
        if (response.statusCode >= 200 &&  response.statusCode < 300){
            if(callback) callback('success')
        }
    })
}