Simple bluebird example with restify doesn't work - promise

Question

taking straight from this post:
This code never executes.
var Promise = require("bluebird");
Promise.promisifyAll(require("restify"));
var restify = require("restify");
var http = require('http');
const PORT=7070;
function handleRequest(request, response){
response.end('It Works!! Path Hit: ' + request.url);
}
var server = http.createServer(handleRequest);
server.listen(PORT, function(){
console.log("Server listening on: http://localhost:%s", PORT);
});
var client = restify.createJsonClientAsync({
url: 'http://127.0.0.1:7070'
});
client.get("/foo").spread(function(req, res, obj) {
console.log(obj);
});
I only put together this simple example to prove it to myself after my production code didn't work. I can hit localhost:7070 with curl and I get the expected results.
In a nutshell: I need to execute 3 GET calls to a server before I can create a POST and hence my need for promises.
Anyone can shed some insight? I can't imagine this being simpler.

Answer 1

UPDATE
Apparently i did not read the question correctly, here is a working example of 2 gets using a promisified restify json client. you would just do another spread in the body of the second spread for your post.
var promise = require('bluebird');
var restify = require('restify');
promise.promisifyAll(restify.JsonClient.prototype);
var client = restify.createJsonClient({
url: 'http://localhost:8080',
version: '*'
});
client.getAsync('/api/resource/1').spread(function(req, res, obj) {
console.log('result 1', obj);
return client.getAsync('/api/resource/2').spread(function(req, res, obj) {
console.log('result 2', obj);
});
});
As I stated in my comments, I would not promisify restify itself. Instead I would use either a handler whose body executes promise code or a chain of handlers (which can also have promises in the body). restify should only receive the request and execute the handler.
I will use modified versions of the basic example from the restify page to illustrate each.
Promise in the message body using knex.js which returns a promise
var knex = require('knex')(connectionConfig);
var restify = require('restify');
function promisePost(req, res, next) {
// get 1
knex.select('*')
.from('table1')
.where('id', '=', req.body.table1_id)
.then(function(result1) {
// get 2
return knex.select('*')
.from('table2')
.where('id', '=', req.body.table2_id)
.then(function(result2) {
return knex('table3').insert({
table1_value: result1.value,
table2_value: result2.value
})
.then(function(result3) {
res.send(result3);
return next();
});
});
});
}
var server = restify.createServer();
server.use(restify.bodyParser());
server.post('/myroute', promisePost);
server.listen(8080, function() {
console.log('%s listening at %s', server.name, server.url);
});
now with chained handlers
var knex = require('knex')(connectionConfig);
var restify = require('restify');
function get1(req, res, next) {
knex.select('*').from('table1')
.where('id', '=', req.body.table1_id)
.then(function(result1) {
res.locals.result1 = result1;
return next();
});
}
function get2(req, res, next) {
knex.select('*').from('table2')
.where('id', '=', req.body.table2_id)
.then(function(result2) {
res.locals.result2 = result2;
return next();
});
}
function post(req, res, next) {
knex('table3').insert({
table1_value: res.locals.result1,
table2_value: res.locals.result2
})
.then(function(result3) {
res.send(result3);
return next();
});
}
var server = restify.createServer();
server.use(restify.bodyParser());
server.post('/myroute', get1, get2, post);
server.listen(8080, function() {
console.log('%s listening at %s', server.name, server.url);
});