Access variable outside scope? nodejs

Question

function art(dataToArt){
  var figlet = require('figlet');
var result;
figlet(dataToArt, function(err, data) {
    if (err) {
        console.log('Something went wrong...');
        console.dir(err);
        return;
    }
    var result = data;
});
return result;
}

test = art('Hello World');

console.log(test);

Running this gives "undefined". How to access the changes made by function figlet to the variable result defined outside the function figlet.

Answer 1

It's asynchronous code. It cannot do return. It must have callback and respond after job done.

var figlet = require('figlet');

function art(dataToArt, callback)
{ 
    figlet(dataToArt, function(err, data) { 
        if (err) { 
            console.log('Something went wrong...'); 
            console.dir(err); 
            return callback(''); 
        } 

        callback(data);
    }); 
} 


art('Hello World', function (data){
    console.log(data);
    // also You can do operations here.
    // for example can save to db or send to somewhere.
});