Waterline ORM assign the result of find to a variable - sails.js

Question

I want to combine the results of 2 queries and then return them as one, like this:
test: async (req, res) => {
const valOne = TableOne.find({ id: id })
.exec((err, result) => {
if (err) {
res.serverError(err);
}
return result;
});
const valTwo = TableTwo.find({ id: id })
.exec((err, result) => {
if (err) {
res.serverError(err);
}
return result;
});
const data = {
keyOne: valOne,
keyTwo: valTwo,
};
res.json(data);
}
I understand above code won't return because it's async. How can I achieve this?

Answer 1

There is not much info you supply: node version, sails version, etc.
There are several approaches here:
1. Using promises
2. Using callback chaining
3. Using await/async
If you use sails 1.0 and node >= 8, your best bet is to use await/async, so your code should work like that:
test: async (req, res) => {
let valOne, valTwo;
try {
valOne = await TableOne.find({ id: id });
valTwo = await TableTwo.find({ id: id });
} catch (err) {
return res.serverError(err); //or res.badRequest(err);
}
const data = {
keyOne: valOne,
keyTwo: valTwo,
};
res.json(data);
}