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						- ## Any Promise
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 - [](http://travis-ci.org/kevinbeaty/any-promise)
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 - Let your library support any ES 2015 (ES6) compatible `Promise` and leave the choice to application authors. The application can *optionally* register its preferred `Promise` implementation and it will be exported when requiring `any-promise` from library code.
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 - If no preference is registered, defaults to the global `Promise` for newer Node.js versions. The browser version defaults to the window `Promise`, so polyfill or register as necessary.
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 - ### Usage with global Promise:
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 - Assuming the global `Promise` is the desired implementation:
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 - ```bash
 - # Install any libraries depending on any-promise
 - $ npm install mz
 - ```
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 - The installed libraries will use global Promise by default.
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 - ```js
 - // in library
 - var Promise = require('any-promise')  // the global Promise
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 - function promiseReturningFunction(){
 -     return new Promise(function(resolve, reject){...})
 - }
 - ```
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 - ### Usage with registration:
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 - Assuming `bluebird` is the desired Promise implementation:
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 - ```bash
 - # Install preferred promise library
 - $ npm install bluebird
 - # Install any-promise to allow registration
 - $ npm install any-promise
 - # Install any libraries you would like to use depending on any-promise
 - $ npm install mz
 - ```
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 - Register your preference in the application entry point before any other `require` of packages that load `any-promise`:
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 - ```javascript
 - // top of application index.js or other entry point
 - require('any-promise/register/bluebird')
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 - // -or- Equivalent to above, but allows customization of Promise library
 - require('any-promise/register')('bluebird', {Promise: require('bluebird')})
 - ```
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 - Now that the implementation is registered, you can use any package depending on `any-promise`:
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 - ```javascript
 - var fsp = require('mz/fs') // mz/fs will use registered bluebird promises
 - var Promise = require('any-promise')  // the registered bluebird promise 
 - ```
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 - It is safe to call `register` multiple times, but it must always be with the same implementation.
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 - Again, registration is *optional*. It should only be called by the application user if overriding the global `Promise` implementation is desired.
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 - ### Optional Application Registration
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 - As an application author, you can *optionally* register a preferred `Promise` implementation on application startup (before any call to `require('any-promise')`:
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 - You must register your preference before any call to `require('any-promise')` (by you or required packages), and only one implementation can be registered. Typically, this registration would occur at the top of the application entry point.
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 - #### Registration shortcuts
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 - If you are using a known `Promise` implementation, you can register your preference with a shortcut:
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 - ```js
 - require('any-promise/register/bluebird')
 - // -or-
 - import 'any-promise/register/q';
 - ```
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 - Shortcut registration is the preferred registration method as it works in the browser and Node.js. It is also convenient for using with `import` and many test runners, that offer a `--require` flag:
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 - ```
 - $ ava --require=any-promise/register/bluebird test.js
 - ```
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 - Current known implementations include `bluebird`, `q`, `when`, `rsvp`, `es6-promise`, `promise`, `native-promise-only`, `pinkie`, `vow` and `lie`. If you are not using a known implementation, you can use another registration method described below.
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 - #### Basic Registration
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 - As an alternative to registration shortcuts, you can call the `register` function with the preferred `Promise` implementation. The benefit of this approach is that a `Promise` library can be required by name without being a known implementation.  This approach does NOT work in the browser. To use `any-promise` in the browser use either registration shortcuts or specify the `Promise` constructor using advanced registration (see below).
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 - ```javascript
 - require('any-promise/register')('when')
 - // -or- require('any-promise/register')('any other ES6 compatible library (known or otherwise)')
 - ```
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 - This registration method will try to detect the `Promise` constructor from requiring the specified implementation.  If you would like to specify your own constructor, see advanced registration.
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 - #### Advanced Registration
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 - To use the browser version, you should either install a polyfill or explicitly register the `Promise` constructor:
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 - ```javascript
 - require('any-promise/register')('bluebird', {Promise: require('bluebird')})
 - ```
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 - This could also be used for registering a custom `Promise` implementation or subclass.
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 - Your preference will be registered globally, allowing a single registration even if multiple versions of `any-promise` are installed in the NPM dependency tree or are using multiple bundled JavaScript files in the browser. You can bypass this global registration in options:
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 - ```javascript
 - require('../register')('es6-promise', {Promise: require('es6-promise').Promise, global: false})
 - ```
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 - ### Library Usage
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 - To use any `Promise` constructor, simply require it:
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 - ```javascript
 - var Promise = require('any-promise');
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 - return Promise
 -   .all([xf, f, init, coll])
 -   .then(fn);
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 - return new Promise(function(resolve, reject){
 -   try {
 -     resolve(item);
 -   } catch(e){
 -     reject(e);
 -   }
 - });
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 - ```
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 - Except noted below, libraries using `any-promise` should only use [documented](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise) functions as there is no guarantee which implementation will be chosen by the application author.  Libraries should never call `register`, only the application user should call if desired.
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 - #### Advanced Library Usage
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 - If your library needs to branch code based on the registered implementation, you can retrieve it using `var impl = require('any-promise/implementation')`, where `impl` will be the package name (`"bluebird"`, `"when"`, etc.) if registered, `"global.Promise"` if using the global version on Node.js, or `"window.Promise"` if using the browser version. You should always include a default case, as there is no guarantee what package may be registered.
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 - ### Support for old Node.js versions
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 - Node.js versions prior to `v0.12` may have contained buggy versions of the global `Promise`. For this reason, the global `Promise` is not loaded automatically for these old versions.  If using `any-promise` in Node.js versions versions `<= v0.12`, the user should register a desired implementation.
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 - If an implementation is not registered, `any-promise` will attempt to discover an installed `Promise` implementation.  If no implementation can be found, an error will be thrown on `require('any-promise')`.  While the auto-discovery usually avoids errors, it is non-deterministic. It is recommended that the user always register a preferred implementation for older Node.js versions.
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 - This auto-discovery is only available for Node.jS versions prior to `v0.12`. Any newer versions will always default to the global `Promise` implementation.
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 - ### Related
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 - - [any-observable](https://github.com/sindresorhus/any-observable) - `any-promise` for Observables.
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