How do I avoid deeply nested code in node.js?

Question

In node.js, it being event-driven, all I/O is done via callbacks. So I end up writing code that looks like this:

app.get('/test', function (req, res) {
  http.get('some/place', function (req1, res1) {
    if (res1.statusCode == 200) {
      res1.on('data', function (data) {
        http.get('other/place?q=' + data, function (req2, res2) {
          if (res2.statusCode == 200) {
            res2.on('data', function (data) {
              db.query(data).on('data', function (rows) {
                res.writeHead(200)
                res.end(JSON.stringify(rows))
              })
            })
          }
        })
      })
    }
  })
})

And that doesn't even include error handling.

What can I do to unwind this mess?

Answer 1

You could use async module to avoid this.