Using async requires async function, but my function is async

Question

I\'m adapting a library that uses callback to use Promises. It\'s working when I use then(), but it doesn\'t work when I use await.

Answer 1

SyntaxError: await is only valid in async function - just like the error tells you, you may only use await inside a function which is marked as async. So you cannot use the await keyword anywhere else.

https://basarat.gitbooks.io/typescript/docs/async-await.html

https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/release-notes/typescript-1-7.html

examples:

function test() {
  await myOtherFunction() // NOT working
}

async function test() {
  await myOtherFunction() //working
}

You can also make anonymous callback functions async:

myMethod().then(async () => {
  await myAsyncCall()
})