Node.JS async await issue

1

I have a bit of code that’s not executing. Can’t seem to find out why.
Help please.

    if(err) {
        console.log(err);
    }
    
    //Why is this code not getting executed?
    oldIP = data.trim();
    await console.log("Old IP is :"+oldIP);
});
2 
let oldIP = "";
await console.log("Public(NEW) IP Address is: "+ ip);    

await fs.readFile('Currentaddress.txt', 'utf8',async (err,data)=>{
    if(err) {
        console.log(err);
    }
    
    //Why is this code not getting executed?
    oldIP = data.trim();
    await console.log("Old IP is :"+oldIP);
});
4

Hi randell. No actually. The console.log(below the comment) doesn’t fire. Neither does the one that logs the error.

5

Take out the async and await keywords entirely. They don’t apply to any of the code you’ve written. If you want to learn how to use them, check out a tutorial like this.

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6

Hey @PortableStick. I’ve looked at the tutorial. Pretty sure I have it right. From what they’re showing.

The code is wrapped in an aynsc function like this:

(async =>{
ip = "192.168.100.12";

let oldIP = "";
await console.log("Public(NEW) IP Address is: "+ ip);    

await fs.readFile('Currentaddress.txt', 'utf8',async (err,data)=>{
    if(err) {
        console.log(err);
    }
    
    //Why is this code not getting executed?
    oldIP = data.trim();
    await console.log("Old IP is :"+oldIP);
});

})();
7

The purpose of async/await functions is to simplify the behavior of using promises synchronously and to perform some behavior on a group of Promises. Just as Promises are similar to structured callbacks, async/await is similar to combining generators and promises.

Like I said, async/await don’t apply to anything you’ve written. They don’t work with synchronous functions like console.log, and fs.readFile would need to be wrapped in a promise, which is doable.

function getFile(path) {
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
        fs.readFile(path, 'utf-8', (err, data) => {
            if(err) reject(err);
            else resolve(data);
        });
     });


async function getCurrentAddress() {
    let oldIP = await getFile('Currentaddress.txt');
    console.log("Old IP is: " + oldIP);
}

getCurrentAddress();
8

Oooh. I now understand what you mean. Thanks very much. It worked

I’ll read up more on this.