Trying a different approach to the project and ran into a wall [SOLVED] - Feedback requested

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Hey Hey -
After looking at the previous projects and reviewing the API docs, I decided to approach the project a bit differently. Most are declaring an array with the channels as array elements. In my mind this didn’t seem very useful, so I decided to first use the search api to find a relevant channel (no problem there) and display the results (again, no problem there). I’m having a hell of a time figuring out how to then call the streams api and get the status added to each channel object. I think I need to do something with promises, or deferred objects, but I can’t quite get it…

Here is the pen…
http://codepen.io/chadagate-1471204219/pen/GjRvXN

I’ve removed all of the rendering code, and am just trying to see if I can get the online property added to the array of channel objects… Any advice, hints, or comments are appreciated!

Chad

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Hey, the problem is, that calling getJSON (async function) inside your for loop will mess things up. Have a look here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11488014/asynchronous-process-inside-a-javascript-for-loop

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Thanks for that @BenGitter ! I tumbled down a rabbit hole trying to figure that one out, burned up a whole day! I’ll be able to wrap this project up tonight…

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Okay, I’ve wrapped up my Twitch project. I don’t love the fact that i needed to use setTimeout to get the channels streaming status properties added to the channel objects. It feels like there is a WAY better way to do that. I’m going to spend some time reading about promises and closures in javascript, I believe that may be the better way to get it done. Any feedback is appreciated!

Twitch Project Pen