I am trying to complete a few loops over firebase objects using .forEach
and I am also using promises. This isn't working out how I had planned it. My basic problem is that the loops inside of my promises complete well after the promise chain itself completes. Here is my function:
var queue = new Queue(productUpdateQueue, function(data, progress, resolve, reject) {
var incomingUpdateData = data;
var receiptID = incomingUpdateData.receiptID;
var userID = incomingUpdateData.userID;
var oldProductID = incomingUpdateData.oldProductID;
var newProductID = incomingUpdateData.newProductID;
var newReceipt = incomingUpdateData.newReceipt;
var postID = "";
var updateObject = {};
updateObject['usersPrivate/'+userID+'/receipts/'+receiptID+'/items/'+oldProductID] = null;
updateObject['usersPrivate/'+userID+'/receipts/'+receiptID+'/items/'+newProductID] = newReceipt;
clicks.child('VigLink').orderByChild('item').equalTo(oldProductID).once('value', function(cuidSnapshot) {
return cuidSnapshot.forEach(function(cuidSnapshot) {
var cuid = cuidSnapshot.key;
updateObject['clicks/VigLink/'+cuid+'/item'] = newProductID;
console.log('one');
progress(20);
});
}).then(function() {
return userReceiptMetrics.child(userID).child('receipts').child(receiptID).child('items').child(oldProductID).once('value', function(oldSnapshot) {
var data = oldSnapshot.val()
updateObject['userReceiptMetrics/'+userID+'/receipts/'+receiptID+'/items/'+oldProductID] = null
updateObject['userReceiptMetrics/'+userID+'/receipts/'+receiptID+'/items/'+newProductID] = data
if (data != null) {
updateObject['userReceiptMetrics/'+userID+'/receipts/'+receiptID+'/itemIDs/'+newProductID] = now
updateObject['userReceiptMetrics/'+userID+'/receipts/'+receiptID+'/itemIDs/'+oldProductID] = null
};
console.log('two');
progress(40);
});
}).then(function() {
return userReceiptMetrics.child(userID).child('shops').child(oldProductID).once('value', function(oldSnapshot) {
var data = oldSnapshot.val()
updateObject['userReceiptMetrics/'+userID+'/shops/'+oldProductID] = null;
updateObject['userReceiptMetrics/'+userID+'/shops/'+newProductID] = data;
if (data != null) {
updateObject['userReceiptMetrics/'+userID+'/shopIDs/'+newProductID] = now;
updateObject['userReceiptMetrics/'+userID+'/shopIDs/'+oldProductID] = null;
};
console.log('three');
progress(60);
});
}).then(function() {
posts.once('value', function(postSnapshot) {
// use Promise.all and Array#map to wait for all these queries to finish
var allPosts = postSnapshot.val()
var postKeys = Object.keys(allPosts)
return Promise.all(postKeys.map(function(postKey) {
var postID = postKey;
return posts.child(postID).child('items').child(oldProductID).once('value', function(itemSnapshot) {
return itemSnapshot.forEach(function(itemSnapshot) {
var itemData = itemSnapshot.val()
console.log('post snapshot'+ itemData);
updateObject['posts/'+postID+'/items/'+oldProductID] = null
updateObject['posts/'+postID+'/items/'+newProductID] = itemData
});
});
}));
});
}).then(function() {
// Move to next item
return console.log('hey look here'+updateObject['posts/'+postID+'/items/'+newProductID]);
return firebaseRoot.update(updateObject, function(error) {
if (error) {
console.log("Error updating data:", error);
reject()
} else {
progress(100);
// resolve();
console.log('four');
}
});
}).then(function() {
// Move to next item
return console.log('second one'+updateObject['posts/'+postID+'/items/'+newProductID]);
return firebaseRoot.update(updateObject, function(error) {
if (error) {
console.log("Error updating data:", error);
reject()
} else {
progress(100);
// resolve();
console.log('four');
}
});
});
// Finish the task asynchronously
setTimeout(function() {
reject();
}, 10000);
});
And here is the output:
one
two
three
hey look hereundefined
second oneundefined
post snapshot[object Object]
post snapshot[object Object]
post snapshot[object Object]
post snapshot[object Object]
post snapshot[object Object]
post snapshot[object Object]
post snapshot[object Object]
post snapshot[object Object]
I think I might be using promises incorrectly but I don't know.
I figured out that I should be using
Promise.all()
in order to wait for my forEach loops to complete. Here is the code I used to solve my problem, enjoy: