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Promise Utility ​

The Promise utility provides helper functions for working with Promises, particularly for managing concurrency and transforming values.

executePromiseWithLimit ​

This function executes an array of asynchronous tasks concurrently, but with a specified limit on the number of promises running at any given time. This is useful for throttling asynchronous operations to avoid overwhelming a system (e.g., making a large number of concurrent API calls).

executePromiseWithLimit(opts) ​

  • opts (object):
    • tasks (Array<() => Promise<T>>): An array of functions that each return a Promise.
    • limit (number): The maximum number of promises to execute in parallel.
    • onTaskDone (<R>(opts: { result: R }) => ValueOrPromise<void>, optional): A callback function that is executed whenever a task is completed (specifically, when the concurrency limit is reached and a task finishes to make room).

Example ​

typescript
import { executePromiseWithLimit, sleep } from '@venizia/ignis-helpers';

const tasks = [
  () => sleep(1000).then(() => 'Task 1 done'),
  () => sleep(500).then(() => 'Task 2 done'),
  () => sleep(1200).then(() => 'Task 3 done'),
  () => sleep(800).then(() => 'Task 4 done'),
];

console.log('Starting tasks with a limit of 2...');

const results = await executePromiseWithLimit({
  tasks,
  limit: 2,
  onTaskDone: ({ result }) => {
    console.log('A task finished:', result);
  },
});

console.log('All tasks finished:', results);

transformValueOrPromise ​

This async function applies a transformation function to a value that might be a direct value or a Promise. It always returns a Promise.

typescript
import { transformValueOrPromise } from '@venizia/ignis-helpers';

const double = (n: number) => n * 2;

const result1 = await transformValueOrPromise(5, double); // => 10
const result2 = await transformValueOrPromise(Promise.resolve(5), double); // => 10

isPromiseLike ​

A type guard function to check if a given value is a Promise-like object (i.e., it has a then method). Checks that the value is non-null, is an object or function, and has a then property that is a function.

typescript
import { isPromiseLike } from '@venizia/ignis-helpers';

const a = Promise.resolve(1);
const b = 2;

if (isPromiseLike(a)) {
  // This will run
}

if (isPromiseLike(b)) {
  // This will not run
}

getDeepProperty ​

Traverses a dot-separated property path on an object and returns the value. It throws an error if any intermediate part of the path is null or undefined.

typescript
import { getDeepProperty } from '@venizia/ignis-helpers';

const obj = { a: { b: { c: 'hello' } } };

const value = getDeepProperty(obj, 'a.b.c'); // => 'hello'

// Throws: Cannot read property 'x' of undefined
getDeepProperty(obj, 'a.x.y');