forAllAsync

Basically a forEachAsync that allows n async calls at once.

Another way to think of it is as a thread pool for JavaScript.

Say you have 500 http requests that you want to get done 10 at a time and then know when they've all finished... then forAllAsync is your guy!

Installation

Node.JS (Server):

npm install forallasync

Browser Installation

You can install from bower:

bower install forAllAsync

Or download the raw file from https://raw.github.com/FuturesJS/forAllAsync/master/forAllAsync.js:

wget https://raw.github.com/FuturesJS/forAllAsync/master/forAllAsync.js

Or build with pakmanager:

pakmanager build forAllAsync

Usage

;(function (exports) {
  'use strict';
 
  var forAllAsync = exports.forAllAsync || require('forallasync').forAllAsync
    , maxCallsAtOnce = 4 // default
    , arr
    ;
 
  function onEach(complete, item, i) {
    setTimeout(function () {
      console.log(item);
      complete();
    }, 500);
  }
 
  arr = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'];
  forAllAsync(arr, onEach, maxCallsAtOnce).then(function () {
    console.log('did all the things');
  });
}('undefined' !== typeof exports && exports || new Function('return this')())));

API

• forAllAsync(array, iterator, n).then(callback)
  • execute iterator for each element in array, n at a time and call callback when all are complete