Hi all, I have a notebook in which data are downloaded into an object: https://beta.observablehq.com/@sdwfrost/distance-calculation-with-tn93-js The line involved is this: m = msa.default({importURL: url}) This returns an object immediately, which is subsequently updated when the data loads. Th…

Sure! For something that’s asynchronous like this, the msa module needs to give a signal back to the rest of the program, whether that’s calling a callback, emitting an event, or returning a Promise. One way to do it is: m = new Promise(resolve => { let m = msa.default(); m.importURL(url, () => …

Waiting for a download within an object

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sdwfrost February 22, 2018, 2:53pm 2

This is related to this query:

https://talk.observablehq.com/t/does-mutable-work-with-objects/399

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Waiting for a download within an object

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