title: Resolve a Promise from outside, after return published: true description: Resolve / reject a Promise from outside, after return tags: Promise, JavaScript, Frontend, Node.js

Have you ever been at a situation where you wanted to resolve a Promise you returned from outside, when needed?

If so, this may help you. It's actually pretty simple and straight forward as shown below, but many of us wouldn't have thought of this.

{% codepen https://codepen.io/karthikaruna/pen/BaBWzrK default-tab=js %}