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tiagoboldt
tiagoboldt

Reputation: 2426

Return value from parameter function in js

I want to return the value of a callback function, as shown bellow. Not managing to understand how to make it work (implementation for explaining purposes only)

console.log( hasLogin() );

function hasLogin(){
  FB.getLoginStatus(function(response) {
    if (response.session) {
        return true;
      } 
    else {
      return false;
  }
});

}

In practice, I want hasLogin() to return true is response.session exists/is true.

Thanks!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 849

Answers (3)

Shadow Wizzard
Shadow Wizzard

Reputation: 66388

You can't really do this, because getLoginStatus runs asynchronously that's why it provides callback function.

What you can do is:

function hasLogin(){
    FB.getLoginStatus(function(response) {
        if (response.session) {
            console.log("got session");
        } 
        else {
            console.log("got no session");
        }
    });
}

Upvotes: 2

Alexander Gessler
Alexander Gessler

Reputation: 46637

You don't - since getLoginStatus is designed to be asynchronous, the result is simply not available yet. The best strategy is to stay asynchronous:

function checkLogin(result_callback) {
    FB.getLoginStatus(function(response) {
         result_callback(!!response.session);
    }
}

check_login(function(result) {console.log(result);});

That's how it is usually done in JavaScript. Of course it forces you to rethink your code flow.

Upvotes: 2

Matt Greer
Matt Greer

Reputation: 62057

getLoginStatus is calling your anonymous function, and that function is returning true or false, not hasLogin. hasLogin is actually returning undefined. Since this is happening asynchronously, you'll need to do something like this:

FB.getLoginStatus(function(response) {
    console.log(response.session);
});

Asynchronous calls can be tricky to deal with.

Upvotes: 2

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