How to make async / await in Swift?

Question

I would like to simulate async and await request from Javascript to Swift 4. I searched a lot on how to do it, and I thought I found the answer with DispatchQueue

Answer 1

In iOS 13 and up, you can now do this using Combine. Future is analogous to async and the flatMap operator on publishers (Future is a publisher) is like await. Here's an example, loosely based on your code:

Future { promise in
  directions.calculate(options) { (waypoints, routes, error) in
     if let error = error {
       promise(.failure(error))
     }

     promise(.success(routes))
  }
 }
 .flatMap { routes in 
   // extract feature from routes here...
   feature
 }
 .receiveOn(DispatchQueue.main) // UI updates should run on the main queue
 .sink(receiveCompletion: { completion in
    // completion is either a .failure or it's a .success holding
    // the extracted feature; if the process above was successful, 
    // you can now add feature to the map
 }, receiveValue: { _ in })
 .store(in: &self.cancellables)

Edit: I went into more detail in this blog post.