Node.js - wait for multiple async calls

Question

I\'m trying to make multiple MongoDB queries before I render a Jade template, but I can\'t quite figure out how to wait until all the Mongo Queries are completed before rend

Answer 1

Wait.for https://github.com/luciotato/waitfor

using Wait.for:

exports.init = function(req, res){

    var NYLakes = {};
    var NJLakes = {};

    var coll = db.collection('lakes');

    var filterNY = {"State" : "NY"};
    var a = wait.forMethod(coll,'find',filterNY);
    NYLakes = wait.forMethod(a,'toArray');

    var filterNJ = {"State" : "NJ"};
    var b = wait.forMethod(coll,'find',filterNJ);
    NJLakes = wait.forMethod(b,'toArray');

    res.render('explore/index',
        {
            NYlakes: NYLakes,
            NJlakes: NJLakes
        }
    );

};

Requesting in parallel using wait.for parallel map:

exports.init = function(req, res){

    var coll = db.collection('lakes');

    //execute in parallel, wait for results
    var result = wait.parallel.map(
                    [{coll:coll,filter:{"State" : "NY"}}
                    , {coll:coll,filter:{"State" : "NJ"}}]
                    , getData);

    res.render('explore/index',
        {
            NYlakes: result[0],
            NJlakes: result[1]
        }
    );

};

//map function
function getData(item,callback){
try{
    var a = wait.forMethod(item.coll,'find',item.filter);
    var b = wait.forMethod(a,'toArray');
    callback (null, b);
} catch(err){
    callback(err);
}

I'm not familiar with mongo, so you may have to adjust the calls.