Node.js async to sync

Question

How can I make this work

var asyncToSync = syncFunc();

function syncFunc() {
    var sync = true;
    var data = null;
    query(params, function(result){
          


        

Answer 1

Nowadays this generator pattern can be a fantastic solution in many situations:

// nodejs script doing sequential prompts using async readline.question function

var main = (function* () {

  // just import and initialize 'readline' in nodejs
  var r = require('readline')
  var rl = r.createInterface({input: process.stdin, output: process.stdout })

  // magic here, the callback is the iterator.next
  var answerA = yield rl.question('do you want this? ', res=>main.next(res))    

  // and again, in a sync fashion
  var answerB = yield rl.question('are you sure? ', res=>main.next(res))        

  // readline boilerplate
  rl.close()

  console.log(answerA, answerB)

})()    // <-- executed: iterator created from generator
main.next()     // kick off the iterator, 
                // runs until the first 'yield', including rightmost code
                // and waits until another main.next() happens