GraphQL query returning data before node-georedis API callback completes (async issue?)

Question

I'm building a GraphQL API, where I need to access nearby users locations. I using the node-georedis lib (https://github.com/arjunmehta/node-georedis), which takes callbacks in order to get return data.

I can verify that the callback does indeed get called with the correct information returned, however when I then try to return that data in the GraphQL query resolver it's undefined. I figured it was an asynchronous issue, but I've tried various Promise based, await/async, and even a synchronous implementations after searching stackoverflow with no success.

Maybe I'm overlooking a scope issue?? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!

Query: {
    nearbyUsers: async (
        _,
        { input }: GQL.INearbyUsersOnQueryArguments
    ) => {
        return nearbyUsers(input.latitude, input.longitude);
    }

},



export const nearbyUsers = (latitude: Number, longitude: Number) => {
let users: any[] = [];

georedis.nearby({ latitude, longitude }, 5000, async (err: any, userIDS: any) => {

    if (err) {
        console.log(err);
    } else {
        users = await User.findByIds(userIDS);
        console.log(users); // Does indeed print proper Users
    }
});

return users; // Value is [] when returning

};

andrewwx10 andrewwx10 · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-14T23:19:33

export const nearbyUsers = (latitude: Number, longitude: Number) => {
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
        georedis.nearby({ latitude, longitude }, 5000, (err: any, userIDS: any) => {
            err ? reject(err) : resolve(userIDS);
        });
    }).then(async (userIDS) => {
        return User.findByIds(userIDS as string[]);
    }); 
};

GraphQL query returning data before node-georedis API callback completes (async issue?)

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