Questions tagged [promises]
A Promise object represents the eventual completion (or failure) of an asynchronous operation, and its resulting value.
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How do I force a method to wait until a prior method has finished within a lightning controller?
In my controller I have an Init function that looks like this
init: function (cmp, event, helper) {
cmp.set('v.mycolumns', [
{ label: 'Document Name', fieldName: 'Name', type: 'text'},
...
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Component behaves differently in community vs internal
I have a component that displays a modal form using create component and
a modal promise. In the community, it works as intended, where something occurs that fires the event that creates the ...
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Promise JS to handle Future Callout from Lightning Component
I am using Promise JS in my lightning component to make a server call. The apex class makes a callout to a external endpoint and returns the response to the component. This is working fine.
After ...
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Multiple calls to lightning:quickActionAPI getAvailableActionFields() fails
I get an error when doing multiple calls to getAvailableActionFields in a Promise.all().
The markup:
<aura:component implements="force:hasRecordId">
<lightning:quickActionAPI aura:id="...
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Failing to conditionally render Lightning component after setting value from Promise callback
The Goal
I am trying to conditionally render a component after a user successfully uploads a CSV file. Here is the markup for the conditional rendering. Details have been omitted:
<!-- Create ...
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Using Promise to control execution
I have a a client side controller that calls an async method that determines status from the server side. Based on the response I want to either stop further execution or carry on to next steps (if ...
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$A.createComponent not firing when loading component dynamically
I have a parent custom component which loads child custom components dynamically to create a non linear interview/wizard process.
The child component has aura:valueInit method:
<aura:handler name=...
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Error: Definition does not exist on the client for descriptor - when using JavaScript Promises
I am getting this error message when dynamically adding a lightning component:
Definition does not exist on the client for
descriptor:markup://c:MyCustomLightningComponent. Client side caches
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JavaScript Promise Chaining in lightning component has transaction issue in server side
I have a requirement , where I want to call server methods multiple times passing some value as parameter. I have used javascript promise to call the methods one after another using .then When I am ...
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How to use Promises to kick off one helper method after another one is completed?
I've got these two helper methods:
submitBookingInformation: function(component, event, helper) {
helper.createLead(component, event, helper);
helper.saveRecord(component, event, helper);
}
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Do Lightning callbacks (in Promises) get their own scope/governor limits
My apps use promises (using the Lax library) quite heavily and I have seen that different callbacks often produce their own log in the Dev Console.
Does this mean that:
Each callback gets its own ...
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How to make code which uses Lightning promises look more synchronous
When I read about promises, I see that they should appear as solution to prevent callback hell and pyramid of doom but when I actually try to write a code which would use Lightning promises it still ...
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Why Lightning supports Promises but doesn't support ES6 Generators?
There are several articles which suggest that Lightning support Promises with a polyfill, but still ES6 generators are not supported.
Prove me if I am wrong.
What is the point of supporting Promises ...
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Promise and access to access=private attributes
I am trying to use Promise to make my code more readable and efficient but I'm stuck with the inability to get/set private attribute values.
Consider the following example:
<aura:component>
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Can a Promise be passed as an attribute of a Lightning Component application event?
I am attempting (but failing - getting undefined when the event is handled) to pass a Promise returned by a lightning:workspaceAPI getEnclosingTabId call as an attribute of an application event.
Do ...
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Need help with Promises in lightning
In my Lightning application I need some helpers to make their calls after others have completed, so I'm trying to implement promises to make that happen in my init function:
doInit : function(...
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Lightning spinner doesn't show up in Promise setting
In the init() function of my Lightning component
<aura:component>
<aura:handler name="init" value="{!this}" action="{!c.init}" />
<c:spinner aura:id="spinner" />
......
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Simple example on how to use Promises to call @AuraEnabled Apex methods?
In the Lightning Component Developer Guide you can find that Promises can be used in Lightning Components and what special things we need to care for to make them work. But there is no fully working ...
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jsforce Apex REST call fails in IE11 only. ES6 Promise support issue?
I am calling a custom Apex REST endpoint from JS in a custom VF component within a VF page using the jsforce library, and everything works as expected in Edge, Chrome, Firefox, but not IE11. It seems ...
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How to return a promise from a component's public method?
Situation
I'm calling a public method from a child component. The method runs, but it's supposed to return a promise. Instead, it returns nothing.
Code
Parent markup:
<aura:component>
<...
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Using Promises in Lightning components
I'm trying to move a synchronous call in a lightning component to use ES6 promises. I have an API returning an array of JSON objects that is hosted on Heroku and want to call that into a lightning ...
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Storable actions and promises
From the salesforce promise documentation:
Don’t Use Storable Actions in Promises
The framework stores the
response for storable actions in client-side cache. This stored
response can ...
