How do I get the return value from inside a value of node.js/javascript callback?
function get_logs(){
User_Log.findOne({userId:req.user._id}, function(err, userlogs){
if(err) throw err;
if(userlogs){
// logs = userlogs.logs;
return "hello there is a logs";
} else {
return "there is no logs yet..."
}
})
}
var logs = get_logs();
console.log(logs);
You can't return the result from a function whose execution is asynchronous.
The simplest solution is to pass a callback :
function get_logs(cb){
User_Log.findOne({userId:req.user._id}, function(err, userlogs){
if(err) throw err;
if(userlogs){
// logs = userlogs.logs;
cb("hello there is a logs");
} else {
cb("there is no logs yet...)"
}
})
}
get_logs(function(logs){
console.log(logs);
});
You can't. You should instead pass another callback to your function. Something like this:
function get_logs(callback){
User_Log.findOne({userId:req.user._id}, function(err, userlogs){
if(err) throw err;
if(userlogs){
callback("hello there is a logs");
} else {
callback("there is no logs yet...");
}
})
}
get_logs(function(arg1) {
console.log(arg1);
});
function get_logs(callback) {
User_Log.findOne({
userId: req.user._id
}, function (err, userlogs) {
if (err) throw err;
if (userlogs) {
// logs = userlogs.logs;
callback("hello there is a logs");
} else {
callback("there is no logs yet...");
}
})
}
get_logs(function (data) {
console.log(data);
});
Uses callbacks...
In node.js almost all the callbacks run after the function returns , so you can do something like this
function get_logs(){
User_Log.findOne({userId:req.user._id}, function(err, userlogs){
if(err) throw err;
if(userlogs){
// logs = userlogs.logs;
do_something(logs)
} else {
console.log('No logs')
}
})
}
