Invoke not only able to return a promise, but also a callback function with 'sendBack' & 'receive' callbacks
invoke: { // nested state with id reference id: "child", // return a callback function src: (context, event) => (sendBack, receive) => { setTimeout(() => { // send out a event sendBack({ type: "I_AM_DONE", }); }, 5000); // wait for receiving a event receive((event) => { console.log("event", event); if (event.type === "SNED_IT_ALREADY") { sendBack({ type: "I_AM_DONE", }); } }); },
Receive a event:
on: { RESOLVE: "resolved", // cancel the promise CANCEL: "idle", I_AM_DONE: "resolved", SNED_IT_ALREADY: { actions: send( { type: "SNED_IT_ALREADY", }, { to: "child", } ), }, },
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import { createMachine, assign, interpret, send } from "xstate"; const elBox = document.querySelector("#box"); const randomFetch = () => { return new Promise((res, rej) => { setTimeout(() => { if (Math.random() < 0.5) { rej("Fetch failed!"); } else { res("Fetch succeeded!"); } }, 2000); }); }; const machine = createMachine({ initial: "idle", states: { idle: { on: { FETCH: "pending", }, }, pending: { on: { RESOLVE: "resolved", // cancel the promise CANCEL: "idle", I_AM_DONE: "resolved", SNED_IT_ALREADY: { actions: send( { type: "SNED_IT_ALREADY", }, { to: "child", } ), }, }, invoke: { // Invoke your promise here. // The `src` should be a function that returns the source. /* Promise src: (context, event) => { return randomFetch(); }, */ id: "child", src: (context, event) => (sendBack, receive) => { setTimeout(() => { sendBack({ type: "I_AM_DONE", }); }, 5000); receive((event) => { console.log("event", event); if (event.type === "SNED_IT_ALREADY") { sendBack({ type: "I_AM_DONE", }); } }); }, onDone: { target: "resolved", }, onError: { target: "rejected", }, }, }, resolved: { // Add a transition to fetch again on: { FETCH: "pending", }, }, rejected: { // After 2s, retry again after: { 2000: { target: "pending", }, }, }, }, }); const service = interpret(machine); service.onTransition((state) => { elBox.dataset.state = state.toStrings().join(" "); console.log(state); }); service.start(); elBox.addEventListener("click", (event) => { service.send("FETCH"); }); const cancelBtn = document.querySelector("#cancel"); cancelBtn.addEventListener("click", (event) => { service.send("CANCEL"); }); const receiveBtn = document.querySelector("#receive"); receiveBtn.addEventListener("click", (event) => { service.send("SNED_IT_ALREADY"); });