using async (parallel)

controller/suggest.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 
 var geojsonify = require('../helper/geojsonify').suggest;
+var async = require('async');
 
 function setup( backend, query ){
 
@@ -11,13 +12,10 @@ function setup( backend, query ){
     backend = backend || require('../src/backend');
     var query_admin = require('../query/suggest_admin');
     var query_poi = require('../query/suggest_poi');
-
-    // **query_poi** command
     var cmd = {
-      index: 'pelias',
-      body: query_poi( req.clean )
+      index: 'pelias'
     };
-
+    var query_backend = function(cmd, callback) {
       // query backend
       backend().client.suggest( cmd, function( err, data ){
 
@@ -31,27 +29,23 @@ function setup( backend, query ){
           docs = data['pelias'][0].options || [];
         }
 
-      // **query_admin** command
-      var cmd = {
-        index: 'pelias',
-        body: query_admin( req.clean )
+        callback(null, docs);
+      });
     };
 
-      // query backend
-      backend().client.suggest( cmd, function( err, data ){
-
-        var docs2 = [];
-
-        // handle backend errors
-        if( err ){ return next( err ); }
-
-        // map response to a valid FeatureCollection
-        if( data && Array.isArray( data.pelias ) && data.pelias.length ){
-          docs2 = data['pelias'][0].options || [];
+    async.parallel({
+      admin: function(callback){
+        cmd.body = query_admin( req.clean );
+        query_backend(cmd, callback);
+      },
+      poi: function(callback){
+        cmd.body = query_poi( req.clean );
+        query_backend(cmd, callback);
       }
-
-        /** --- combine 2 doc sets --- **/
-        var combined = docs2.slice(0, 3).concat(docs);
+    },
+    function(err, results) {
+      // results is now equals to: {admin: docs, poi: docs}
+      var combined = results.poi.slice(0, 3).concat(results.admin);
 
       // convert docs to geojson
       var geojson = geojsonify( combined );
@@ -61,9 +55,6 @@ function setup( backend, query ){
 
       // respond
       return res.status(200).json( geojson );
-
-      });
-
     });
 
   }

package.json

@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
     "geojson": "^0.2.0",
     "geopipes-elasticsearch-backend": "0.0.8",
     "pelias-esclient": "0.0.25",
-    "toobusy": "^0.2.4"
+    "toobusy": "^0.2.4",
+    "async": "^0.9.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "ciao": "^0.3.4",