| # @tootallnate/once | |
| ### Creates a Promise that waits for a single event | |
| ## Installation | |
| Install with `npm`: | |
| ```bash | |
| $ npm install @tootallnate/once | |
| ``` | |
| ## API | |
| ### once(emitter: EventEmitter, name: string, opts?: OnceOptions): Promise<[...Args]> | |
| Creates a Promise that waits for event `name` to occur on `emitter`, and resolves | |
| the promise with an array of the values provided to the event handler. If an | |
| `error` event occurs before the event specified by `name`, then the Promise is | |
| rejected with the error argument. | |
| ```typescript | |
| import once from '@tootallnate/once'; | |
| import { EventEmitter } from 'events'; | |
| const emitter = new EventEmitter(); | |
| setTimeout(() => { | |
| emitter.emit('foo', 'bar'); | |
| }, 100); | |
| const [result] = await once(emitter, 'foo'); | |
| console.log({ result }); | |
| // { result: 'bar' } | |
| ``` | |
| #### Promise Strong Typing | |
| The main feature that this module provides over other "once" implementations is that | |
| the Promise that is returned is _**strongly typed**_ based on the type of `emitter` | |
| and the `name` of the event. Some examples are shown below. | |
| _The process "exit" event contains a single number for exit code:_ | |
| ```typescript | |
| const [code] = await once(process, 'exit'); | |
| // ^ number | |
| ``` | |
| _A child process "exit" event contains either an exit code or a signal:_ | |
| ```typescript | |
| const child = spawn('echo', []); | |
| const [code, signal] = await once(child, 'exit'); | |
| // ^ number | null | |
| // ^ string | null | |
| ``` | |
| _A forked child process "message" event is type `any`, so you can cast the Promise directly:_ | |
| ```typescript | |
| const child = fork('file.js'); | |
| // With `await` | |
| const [message, _]: [WorkerPayload, unknown] = await once(child, 'message'); | |
| // With Promise | |
| const messagePromise: Promise<[WorkerPayload, unknown]> = once(child, 'message'); | |
| // Better yet would be to leave it as `any`, and validate the payload | |
| // at runtime with i.e. `ajv` + `json-schema-to-typescript` | |
| ``` | |
| _If the TypeScript definition does not contain an overload for the specified event name, then the Promise will have type `unknown[]` and your code will need to narrow the result manually:_ | |
| ```typescript | |
| interface CustomEmitter extends EventEmitter { | |
| on(name: 'foo', listener: (a: string, b: number) => void): this; | |
| } | |
| const emitter: CustomEmitter = new EventEmitter(); | |
| // "foo" event is a defined overload, so it's properly typed | |
| const fooPromise = once(emitter, 'foo'); | |
| // ^ Promise<[a: string, b: number]> | |
| // "bar" event in not a defined overload, so it gets `unknown[]` | |
| const barPromise = once(emitter, 'bar'); | |
| // ^ Promise<unknown[]> | |
| ``` | |
| ### OnceOptions | |
| - `signal` - `AbortSignal` instance to unbind event handlers before the Promise has been fulfilled. | |