---
title: bluebird.js
category: JavaScript libraries
weight: -1
updated: 2017-09-08
---

### Also see

Also see the [promise cheatsheet](promise.html) and [Bluebird.js API](https://github.com/petkaantonov/bluebird/blob/master/API.md) (github.com).

### Example

```js
promise
  .then(okFn, errFn)
  .spread(okFn, errFn)        // *
  .catch(errFn)
  .catch(TypeError, errFn)    // *
  .finally(fn)
  .map(function (e) { ··· })  // *
  .each(function (e) { ··· }) // *
```

Those marked with `*` are non-standard Promise API that only work with Bluebird promises.

### Multiple return values

```js
.then(function () {
  return [ 'abc', 'def' ]
})
.spread(function (abc, def) {
  ···
})
```
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Use [Promise.spread](http://bluebirdjs.com/docs/api/promise.spread.html)

### Multiple promises

```js
Promise.join(
  getPictures(),
  getMessages(),
  getTweets(),
  function (pics, msgs, tweets) {
    return ···
  }
)
```
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Use [Promise.join](http://bluebirdjs.com/docs/api/promise.join.html)

### Multiple promises (array)

- [Promise.all](http://bluebirdjs.com/docs/api/promise.all.html)([p]) - expect all to pass
- [Promise.some](http://bluebirdjs.com/docs/api/promise.some.html)([p], count) - expect `count` to pass
- [Promise.any](http://bluebirdjs.com/docs/api/promise.any.html)([p]) - same as `some([p], 1)`
- [Promise.race](http://bluebirdjs.com/docs/api/promise.race.html)([p], count) - use `.any` instead
- [Promise.map](http://bluebirdjs.com/docs/api/promise.map.html)([p], fn, options) - supports concurrency

```js
Promise.all([ promise1, promise2 ])
  .then(results => {
    results[0]
    results[1]
  })

// succeeds if one succeeds first
Promise.any(promises)
  .then(results => {
  })
```
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```js
Promise.map(urls, url => fetch(url))
  .then(···)
```
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Use [Promise.map](http://bluebirdjs.com/docs/api/promise.map.html) to "promisify" a list of values.

### Object

```js
Promise.props({
  photos: get('photos'),
  posts: get('posts')
})
.then(res => {
  res.photos
  res.posts
})
```
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Use [Promise.props](http://bluebirdjs.com/docs/api/promise.props.html).

### Chain of promises

```js
function getPhotos() {
  return Promise.try(() => {
    if (err) throw new Error("boo")
    return result
  })
}

getPhotos().then(···)
```
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Use [Promise.try](http://bluebirdjs.com/docs/api/promise.try.html).

### Node-style functions

```js
var readFile = Promise.promisify(fs.readFile)
var fs = Promise.promisifyAll(require('fs'))
```
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See [Promisification](http://bluebirdjs.com/docs/api/promisification.html).

### Promise-returning methods

```js
User.login = Promise.method((email, password) => {
  if (!valid)
    throw new Error("Email not valid")

  return /* promise */
})
```
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See [Promise.method](http://bluebirdjs.com/docs/api/promise.method.html).

### Generators

```js
User.login = Promise.coroutine(function* (email, password) {
  let user = yield User.find({email: email}).fetch()
  return user
})
```
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See [Promise.coroutine](http://bluebirdjs.com/docs/api/promise.coroutine.html).

## Reference

<http://bluebirdjs.com/docs/api-reference.html>