Return from a promise then()

When you return something from a then() callback, it's a bit magic. If you return a value, the next then() is called with that value. However, if you return something promise-like, the next then() waits on it, and is only called when that promise settles (succeeds/fails).

Source: https://web.dev/promises/#queuing-asynchronous-actions

To use a promise, you have to either call a function that creates a promise or you have to create one yourself. You don't really describe what problem you're really trying to solve, but here's how you would create a promise yourself:

function justTesting(input) {
    return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
        // some async operation here
        setTimeout(function() {
            // resolve the promise with some value
            resolve(input + 10);
        }, 500);
    });
}

justTesting(29).then(function(val) {
   // you access the value from the promise here
   log(val);
});

// display output in snippet
function log(x) {
    document.write(x);
}

Or, if you already have a function that returns a promise, you can use that function and return its promise:

// function that returns a promise
function delay(t) {
  return new Promise(function(resolve) {
    setTimeout(function() {
      resolve();
    }, t);
  });
}

function justTesting(input) {
  return delay(100).then(function() {
    return input + 10;
  });
}

justTesting(29).then(function(val) {
  // you access the value from the promise here
  log(val);
});

// display output in snippet
function log(x) {
  document.write(x);
}

Return from a promise then()

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