How to return a value from an async function in JavaScript

All JavaScript functions return something. However, if your function is async it’s going to return a Promise, so you can use the keyword await to get the value that the promise resolves to.

So you have an async function apiCall that takes some time to resolve. You call it, try to log the result and get some Promise { <pending> }.

const result = apiCall(); // calling an async function

console.log(result);      // Promise { <pending> }

By adding the keyword await, you’re waiting for the async function to return the result.

const result = apiCall();

console.log(await result);