Confirmed

A framework agnostic asynchronous confirmation module.

A very simple promise-like API for easily showing a confirmation and resolving to the result of the user input. Its main goal is to replace or enhance the typical window.confirm and many adhoc event based solutions (see example below).

Special thanks to FunnelCloud Inc. for graciously providing inspiration, R+D, and support.

License: MIT

Install

Node.js:

npm install confirmed

OR

yarn add confirmed

Browser:

<script type="text/javascript" src="/path/to/module/dist/confirmer.js"></script>

The dist/confirmer.js is a UMD module compatible with Node.js, AMD (require.js), and as a browser global.

Requirements

This package uses promises. You environment will need to have a Promise implementation. Most modern browsers and later versions of Node have such. If you use this in an environment that does not you will need to include a polyfill.

Usage

Much like the Promise API the constructor for the Confirmer takes a function. That function is passed a resolver object which has four functions on it that you can use to fulfill the Confirmer.

new Confirmer(function (resolver) {
  // Affirm confirmation
  resolver.confirm();
  // Reject confirmation
  resolver.reject();
  // Cancel confirmation
  resolver.cancel();
  // Reject with an Error
  resolver.error(new Error());
  // Register a disposer function to clean up resources
  // Same as onDone but in the initializer function closure
  resolver.dispose(function () { … });
})

Each state can take an optional value. The Confirmer is a wrapper around a Promise and can be treated as a promise. For example to capture any errors or exceptions you may trigger you would use the catch() function.

new Confirmer(function (resolver) { … })
  .catch(function (reason) { console.error(reason); });

The then() function will be passed the underlying data object:

new Confirmer(function (resolver) { … })
  .then(function (result) {
    console.log(result.reason);
    console.log(result.value);
  });

The reason being one of rejected, confirmed, or cancelled. And the value is the value passed to one of the resolver functions.

API

Confirmer

The main class is referred to as Confirmer though the packaging is called confirmed This is simply to prevent an NPM name collision but the proper term for this utility is Confirmer and is referenced as such in this documentation.

Kind: global class

• Confirmer
  • new Confirmer(initFn)
  • instance
    • .onConfirmed(fn) ⇒ Confirmer
    • .onRejected(fn) ⇒ Confirmer
    • .onCancelled(fn) ⇒ Confirmer
    • .onCanceled()
    • .onDone(fn) ⇒ Confirmer
    • .then(onFulfilled, onRejected) ⇒ Promise
    • .catch(onRejected) ⇒ Promise
  • static
    • .resolve(result) ⇒ Confirmer

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new Confirmer(initFn)

Much like the Promise API the constructor for the Confirmer takes a function. That function is passed a resolver object which has three functions on it that you can use to fulfill the Confirmer, one function to register an error, and a disposer function to clean up resources is needed. Each fulfillment function can take an optional value.

Example

new Confirmer(function (resolver) {
  // Affirm confirmation
  resolver.confirm();
  // Reject confirmation
  resolver.reject();
  // Cancel confirmation
  resolver.cancel();
  // Reject with an Error
  resolver.error(new Error());
  // Register a disposer function to clean up resources
  // Same as onDone but in the initializer function closure
  resolver.dispose(function () { … });
});

Params

• initFn function - The initializer function

---

confirmer.onConfirmed(fn) ⇒ Confirmer

Register callback that is called when resolver.confirm() is triggered. Used to denote that the user has confirmed in some way. ("OK" button, correct login credentials, etc.)

If the callback returns a new Confirmer the result will be that new Confirmer allowing the callback to change the fulfillment reason as part of the chaining. If it is simply a scalar value the fulfillment reason with remain the same but the value will change.

Kind: instance method of Confirmer
Returns: Confirmer - A new Confirmer instance for chaining
Params

• fn function - callback function called when Confirmer is confirmed

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confirmer.onRejected(fn) ⇒ Confirmer

Register callback that is called when resolver.rejected() is triggered. Used to denote that the user has performed an action that denied the confirmation. ("No" button, bad password, etc.)

If the callback returns a new Confirmer the result will be that new Confirmer allowing the callback to change the fulfillment reason as part of the chaining. If it is simply a scalar value the fulfillment reason with remain the same but the value will change.

Kind: instance method of Confirmer
Returns: Confirmer - A new Confirmer instance for chaining
Params

• fn function - callback function called when Confirmer is rejected

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confirmer.onCancelled(fn) ⇒ Confirmer

Register callback that is called when resolver.cancel() is triggered. Used to denote that the confirmation was cancelled and perhaps should do nothing.

If the callback returns a new Confirmer the result will be that new Confirmer allowing the callback to change the fulfillment reason as part of the chaining. If it is simply a scalar value the fulfillment reason with remain the same but the value will change.

Kind: instance method of Confirmer
Returns: Confirmer - A new Confirmer instance for chaining
Params

• fn function - callback function called when Confirmer is cancelled

---

confirmer.onCanceled()

Deprecated

Spelling error; use onCancelled.

Kind: instance method of Confirmer

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confirmer.onDone(fn) ⇒ Confirmer

Register a callback that is called when any of the resolver functions are triggered. This is used for clean up like closing the dialog and removing stale event handlers. This is also called if the resolver.error() is triggered or something throws an exception in the initialization function (which can be captured by the catch() function just like a promise).

Kind: instance method of Confirmer
Returns: Confirmer - A new Confirmer instance for chaining
Params

• fn function - callback function called when Confirmer is resolved/errored

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confirmer.then(onFulfilled, onRejected) ⇒ Promise

Cast to a Promise. Will proxy to the internal promise then() method. Since the result is a Promise it will not chain as Confirmer after this.

The result of a fulfilled promise is an Object with reason and value properties. See resolve for more details of this internal object.

Kind: instance method of Confirmer
Params

• onFulfilled function - callback when internal promise is fulfilled
• onRejected function - callback when internal promise is rejected

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confirmer.catch(onRejected) ⇒ Promise

Cast to a Promise. Will proxy to the internal promise catch() method. Since the result is a Promise it will not chain as Confirmer after this.

Kind: instance method of Confirmer
Params

• onRejected function - callback when internal promise is rejected

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Confirmer.resolve(result) ⇒ Confirmer

Low level utility to construct a new Confirmer with a fulfillment. It is designed to easily wrap the internal promise/resolution in a Confirmer object.

• if a Confirmer is passed it will be returned
• if a Promise is passed it will become the internal promise of a new Confirmer
• if an Object is passed it will become the fulfilled value of the internal promise of a new Confirmer

Warning: Any other type will cause the Confirmer to reject with an error.

The internal fulfillment value (either directly of as the result of a promise resolution) must be an Object with these properties:

• reason String - the reason for the fulfillment. One of "confirmed", "cancelled", or "rejected".
• value Any - the value associated (optional)

Kind: static method of Confirmer
Returns: Confirmer - a new Confirmer that has/will be resolved to the result
Params

• result Confirmer | Promise | Object - the result the new Confirmer should resolve to

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Examples

The following are example situations that I've run into and how this module can help reason about them.

Basic window.confirm

In this example we will wrap the window.confirm. Although this is not asynchronous it does illustrate the API.

new Confirmer(function (resolver) {
  if (confirm('Whould you like to do this?')) {
    resolver.confirm();
  } else {
    resolver.cancel();
  }
})
  .onConfirmed(function () { console.log('Ok! let\'s crack on!'); })
  .onCancelled(function () { console.log('Maybe next time then?'); })
  .onDone(function () { console.log('Confirm completed') });

jQuery dialog

Here we show how to toggle a modal dialog with jQuery.

new Confirmer(function (resolver) {
  $('#modal-dialog button.yes').one('click', resolver.confirm);
  $('#modal-dialog button.no').one('click', resolver.cancel);
  $('#modal-dialog').show();
})
  .onConfirmed(function () { console.log('Ok! let\'s crack on!'); })
  .onCancelled(function () { console.log('Maybe next time then?'); })
  .onDone(function () {
    $('#modal-dialog button').off('click');
    $('#modal-dialog').hide();
  });

Password prompt

Maybe the resolution of the confirmation needs more logic. For example asking for a password.

new Confirmer(function (resolver) {
  function checkPassword() {
    var passwd = $('#password-dialog input.passord').val();
    if (passwd === 'password') {
      resolver.confirm(123);
    } else {
      resolver.reject('incorrect password');
    }
  }
  $('#password-dialog button.ok').one('click', checkPassword);
  $('#password-dialog button.cancel').one('click', resolver.cancel);
  $('#password-dialog').show();
})
  .onConfirmed(function (userID) {
    console.log('User ' + userID + ', you may proceed.');
  })
  .onRejected(function (message) {
    console.log('Access denied: ' + message);
  })
  .onDone(function () {
    $('#password-dialog input.passord').val('');
    $('#modal-dialog button').off('click');
    $('#password-dialog').hide();
  });

Auto closing message box

Here is an example of a message box that auto closes after 5 seconds.

Notice that you can call the resolver functions multiple times and only the first one wins.

new Confirmer(function (resolver) {
  setTimeout(resolver.cancel, 5000);
  $('#modal-dialog button.ok').one('click', resolver.confirm);
  $('#modal-dialog').show();
}).onDone(function () {
  $('#modal-dialog button').off('click');
  $('#modal-dialog').hide();
});

Vanilla DOM Events (using the dispose function)

Because vanilla DOM events are a common area for memory leaks the expectation is that when you addEventListener you have a corresponding removeEventListener. Unfortunately this requires a reference to the event handler function. This is typically accomplished using named functions. However, that also adds scope problems and more boilerplate. Some attempt to use arguments.callee, some use var _this = this, and some use outer scoped variables. This example takes advantage of the dispose API to make disposing resources in a cleaner (read prettier) way.

let dialog = document.getElementById('modal-dialog');
let buttonYes = dialog.querySelector('button.yes');
let buttonNo = dialog.querySelector('button.no');
 
new Confirmer(function (resolver) {
  buttonYes.addEventListener('click', resolver.confirm);
  buttonNo.addEventListener('click', resolver.cancel);
  resolver.dispose(function () {
    buttonYes.removeEventListener('click', resolver.confirm);
    buttonNo.removeEventListener('click', resolver.cancel);
  });
  dialog.style.display = 'block';
})
  .onConfirmed(function () { console.log('Ok! let\'s crack on!'); })
  .onCancelled(function () { console.log('Maybe next time then?'); })
  .onDone(function () { dialog.style.display = 'none'; });