# p-each-series [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/sindresorhus/p-each-series.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/github/sindresorhus/p-each-series) > Iterate over promises serially Useful as a side-effect iterator. Prefer [`p-map`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/p-map) if you don't need side-effects, as it's concurrent. ## Install ``` $ npm install p-each-series ``` ## Usage ```js const pEachSeries = require('p-each-series'); const keywords = [ getTopKeyword(), //=> Promise 'rainbow', 'pony' ]; const iterator = async element => saveToDiskPromise(element); (async () => { console.log(await pEachSeries(keywords, iterator)); //=> ['unicorn', 'rainbow', 'pony'] })(); ``` ## API ### pEachSeries(input, iterator) Returns a `Promise` that is fulfilled when all promises in `input` and ones returned from `iterator` are fulfilled, or rejects if any of the promises reject. The fulfillment value is the original `input`. #### input Type: `Iterable` Iterated over serially in the `iterator` function. #### iterator(element, index) Type: `Function` Return value is ignored unless it's `Promise`, then it's awaited before continuing with the next iteration. ### pEachSeries.stop Stop iterating through items by returning `pEachSeries.stop` from the iterator function. ```js const pEachSeries = require('p-each-series'); // Logs `a` and `b`. const result = await pEachSeries(['a', 'b', 'c'], value => { console.log(value); if (value === 'b') { return pEachSeries.stop; } }); console.log(result); //=> ['a', 'b', 'c'] ``` ## Related - [p-map-series](https://github.com/sindresorhus/p-map-series) - Map over promises serially - [p-series](https://github.com/sindresorhus/p-series) - Run promise-returning & async functions in series - [p-pipe](https://github.com/sindresorhus/p-pipe) - Compose promise-returning & async functions into a reusable pipeline - [p-waterfall](https://github.com/sindresorhus/p-waterfall) - Run promise-returning & async functions in series, each passing its result to the next - [p-reduce](https://github.com/sindresorhus/p-reduce) - Reduce a list of values using promises into a promise for a value - [p-map](https://github.com/sindresorhus/p-map) - Map over promises concurrently - [Moreā€¦](https://github.com/sindresorhus/promise-fun)