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1# p-limit [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/p-limit.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/p-limit)
2
3> Run multiple promise-returning & async functions with limited concurrency
4
5## Install
6
7```
8$ npm install p-limit
9```
10
11## Usage
12
13```js
14const pLimit = require('p-limit');
15
16const limit = pLimit(1);
17
18const input = [
19 limit(() => fetchSomething('foo')),
20 limit(() => fetchSomething('bar')),
21 limit(() => doSomething())
22];
23
24(async () => {
25 // Only one promise is run at once
26 const result = await Promise.all(input);
27 console.log(result);
28})();
29```
30
31## API
32
33### pLimit(concurrency)
34
35Returns a `limit` function.
36
37#### concurrency
38
39Type: `number`\
40Minimum: `1`\
41Default: `Infinity`
42
43Concurrency limit.
44
45### limit(fn, ...args)
46
47Returns the promise returned by calling `fn(...args)`.
48
49#### fn
50
51Type: `Function`
52
53Promise-returning/async function.
54
55#### args
56
57Any arguments to pass through to `fn`.
58
59Support for passing arguments on to the `fn` is provided in order to be able to avoid creating unnecessary closures. You probably don't need this optimization unless you're pushing a *lot* of functions.
60
61### limit.activeCount
62
63The number of promises that are currently running.
64
65### limit.pendingCount
66
67The number of promises that are waiting to run (i.e. their internal `fn` was not called yet).
68
69### limit.clearQueue()
70
71Discard pending promises that are waiting to run.
72
73This might be useful if you want to teardown the queue at the end of your program's lifecycle or discard any function calls referencing an intermediary state of your app.
74
75Note: This does not cancel promises that are already running.
76
77## FAQ
78
79### How is this different from the [`p-queue`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/p-queue) package?
80
81This package is only about limiting the number of concurrent executions, while `p-queue` is a fully featured queue implementation with lots of different options, introspection, and ability to pause the queue.
82
83## Related
84
85- [p-queue](https://github.com/sindresorhus/p-queue) - Promise queue with concurrency control
86- [p-throttle](https://github.com/sindresorhus/p-throttle) - Throttle promise-returning & async functions
87- [p-debounce](https://github.com/sindresorhus/p-debounce) - Debounce promise-returning & async functions
88- [p-all](https://github.com/sindresorhus/p-all) - Run promise-returning & async functions concurrently with optional limited concurrency
89- [More…](https://github.com/sindresorhus/promise-fun)
90
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