Making request synchronous

[roshnibasu]

Is there a way to make the esri/request synchronous?

esriRequest(url, {
responseType: "json",
callbackParamName: "callback"
}).then(function(response){
console.log(resp);
});

[FlavieMORAUX1]

Hy roshni basu,

I ask myslef the same question. Have you found a way to do that?

Regards,

Flavie

[roshnibasu]

Hi Flavie,

I had resolved this issue by making an API at my java code. And then call that API from my javascript making call synchronous.

Regards

Roshni

[FlavieMORAUX1]

Hi Roshni,

I found another solution, I request myself with dojo class "request/xhr".

Regards,

Flavie

var layerInfo = null;

var requestURL = layerUrl + "?f=json";
requestXHR(requestURL, {
   handleAs: "json",
   sync: true,
   headers: {
      "X-Requested-With": null
   }
}).then(function(data){
   layerInfo = data;
});

return layerInfo; 

[AndresCastillo]

Although I see you have the dojo class "request/xhr" property of  sync set to a boolean value of true, then object still has a .then method promise.

Can you help me understand how this is synchronous please?

[LeoLiu1]

Hi Andres, 

Check the doc for dojo/request/xhr here: 

dojo/request/xhr — The Dojo Toolkit - Reference Guide

[AndresCastillo]

Thank you Leo.

I understand that the requestXHR function is set to sync.

But after it runs, it returns a promise, which would make it async again, right?

[LeoLiu1]

Hi Andres,

dojo/request/xhr uses XMLHttpRequest.open to perform the request. If 'sync' is true, the promise won't be returned until the request has completed.

[AndresCastillo]

Thank you Leo for your replies.

I will have to do a small test on different scenarios of this to see its' effect on the application's behavior.

[MeghanKulkarni]

Thanks worked like a charm.

Meghan Kulkarni