Example
When we want to handle array of data, its better to use async.each. When we want to perform something with all data & want to get the final callback once everything is done, then this method will be useful. This is handled in parallel way.
function createUser(userName, callback)
{
//create user in db
callback(null)//or error based on creation
}
var arrayOfData = ['Ritu', 'Sid', 'Tom'];
async.each(arrayOfData, function(eachUserName, callback) {
// Perform operation on each user.
console.log('Creating user '+eachUserName);
//Returning callback is must. Else it wont get the final callback, even if we miss to return one callback
createUser(eachUserName, callback);
}, function(err) {
//If any of the user creation failed may throw error.
if( err ) {
// One of the iterations produced an error.
// All processing will now stop.
console.log('unable to create user');
} else {
console.log('All user created successfully');
}
});
To do one at a time can use async.eachSeries
