Use Promise to wait until polled condition is satisfied

Question

I need to create a JavaScript Promise that will not resolve until a specific condition is true. Let\'s say I have a 3rd party library, and I need to wait until a certain da

Answer 1

function getReportURL(reportID) {
  return () => viewReportsStatus(reportID)
  .then(res => JSON.parse(res.body).d.url);
}

function pollForUrl(pollFnThatReturnsAPromise, target) {
  if (target) return P.resolve(target);
  return pollFnThatReturnsAPromise().then(someOrNone => pollForUrl(pollFnThatReturnsAPromise, someOrNone));
}

pollForUrl(getReportURL(id), null);