LocalForage async/await getItem() wait for 2 variables and then finish loading

I'm new to the Javascript async calls and understanding promises. I'm so used to Do This, Wait for This.

I am using localforage in my site, and I need to get data from 2 sources.

var ordersRaw = null
var itemsRaw = null
localforage.getItem('ordersRaw').then((res) => {
    if(res) {
        ordersRaw = res
    } 
})
localforage.getItem('itemsRaw').then((res) => {
    if(res) {
        itemsRaw = res
    } 
})
if(ordersRaw && itemsRaw) {
    // now load the screen
} else { console.log('NO DATA') }

After I have these 2 pieces of data, finish loading the screen by running a function

displayWithResults()

But if I run it like this, it will instantly fail, because of the async functionality. and cause NO DATA to show up.

I consistently run into this issue with javascript and I can't seem to fully wrap my head around it accurately. Any help here is appreciated.

There are a few ways to solve this:

• Nest the callbacks
• Use async await using promises
• Store the results under a single key as nested properties in an object
• Use Promise.all

It comes down to the fact that you want to retrieve all results asynchronously before performing the check.

I suggest that you use async await, it's just clean.

The code would look something like this:

(async() => {
    try {
        const ordersRaw = await localforage.getItem('ordersRaw');
        const itemsRaw = await localforage.getItem('itemsRaw');
        if(ordersRaw && itemsRaw) {
            // now load the screen
        } else { 
           console.log('NO DATA') }
        }
    } catch (e) {
        console.log(e);
    }
})();

Edit: Above code executes sequentially. Please replace with something like:

const getOrders = localforage.getItem('ordersRaw');
const getItems = localforage.getItem('itemsRaw');
const [ordersRaw, itemsRaw] = await Promise.all([getorders, getItems]);