In Obsidian TypeScript, how do I call an async function from a synchonous function?

Devs: Plugins & API
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I am writing a plugin in TypeScript for the Obsidian notetaking app (PC and mobile). I have functions that are triggered by Commands and Events (which are synchronous) and I would like to update Note files (and these API calls are all async/await).

Is there any kind of async runner that would let me do this?

Note: worker threads will not work as they run in their own address space.

Also, node is only available on PC (for Obsidian).

2

You shouldn’t need any sort of dedicated async runner, it should “just work”, are you experiencing issues with calling async functions from a sync context? Can you provide an example?

3

This is TypeScript basics, to run an asynchronous operation in a synchronous context, use:

void asyncOperation(); // asyncOperation() returns a Promise

This is equivalent to asyncOperation() directly without void, but void satisfies linters.

Promise lifecycle tracking:

void asyncOperation().then(/* ... */);
void asyncOperation().catch(/* ... */);
void asyncOperation().finally(/* ... */);