Async object Promise as Callback

Question

why do i become when i run this function as callback [object Promise] ? i use the Ts3 nodejs framework by Miltivit4min (Github)

here some code i tried (return value = [object Promise])

async function getChannelName(cid) {

   await teamspeak.getChannelByID(cid).then(data => {

    return data.name;

   });

};

how can i convert this value to a string with a value like "My cool Channel"

best regards

You don't return the awaited result, and you're needlessly mixing `await` and `.then`. — jonrsharpe, Oct 27 '19 at 14:53
Possible duplicate of [How do I return the response from an asynchronous call?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14220321/how-do-i-return-the-response-from-an-asynchronous-call) — Sebastian Simon, Oct 27 '19 at 14:53
Don't mixup `async-await` with `Promise.then` @F.Ghost Use `const data = await teamspeak.getChannelByID(cid)` — Vishnudev Krishnadas, Oct 27 '19 at 14:54

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 27 '19 at 14:56

An async function always returns a Promise by design and your getChannelName function has no return statement, so the promise is never resolved. Also you are mixing up some await and .then() syntax, you only need one of them.

async function getChannelName(cid) {
   const data = await teamspeak.getChannelByID(cid);
   return data.name;
};


const name = await getChannelName(123); // name has the channel name

Async object Promise as Callback

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