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Promises simplify asynchronous programming, freeing you up to focus on the more important things. They are easy to learn, easy to master and result in clearer, more readable code. Your co-workers will thank you.

UIApplication.shared.isNetworkActivityIndicatorVisible = true

firstly {
    when(URLSession.dataTask(with: url).asImage(), CLLocationManager.promise())
}.then { image, location -> Void in
    self.imageView.image = image
    self.label.text = "\(location)"
}.always {
    UIApplication.shared.isNetworkActivityIndicatorVisible = false
}.catch { error in
    self.show(UIAlertController(for: error), sender: self)
}

PromiseKit is a thoughtful and complete implementation of promises for any platform with a swiftc, it has excellent Objective-C bridging and delightful specializations for iOS, macOS, tvOS and watchOS.

Quick Start

In your Podfile:

use_frameworks!
swift_version = "3.0"
pod "PromiseKit", "~> 4.0"

For Carthage, SwiftPM, etc., or for instructions when using older Swifts or Xcodes see our Installation Guide.

Documentation

• Handbook
  • Getting Started
  • Promises: Common Patterns
  • Frequently Asked Questions
• Manual
  • Installation Guide
  • Objective-C Guide
  • Troubleshooting (eg. solutions to common compile errors)
  • Appendix

If you are looking for a function’s documentation, then please note our sources are thoroughly documented.

Extensions

Promises are only as useful as the asynchronous tasks they represent, thus we have converted (almost) all of Apple’s APIs to promises. The default CocoaPod comes with promises for UIKit and Foundation, the rest can be installed by specifying additional subspecs in your Podfile, eg:

pod "PromiseKit/MapKit"          # MKDirections().promise().then { /*…*/ }
pod "PromiseKit/CoreLocation"    # CLLocationManager.promise().then { /*…*/ }

All our extensions are separate repositories at the PromiseKit organization.

Choose Your Networking Library

Promise chains are commonly started with networking, thus we offer multiple options: Alamofire, OMGHTTPURLRQ and of course (vanilla) NSURLSession:

// pod 'PromiseKit/Alamofire'  
Alamofire.request("http://example.com", withMethod: .POST).responseJSON().then { json in
    //…
}.catch { error in
    //…
}

// pod 'PromiseKit/OMGHTTPURLRQ'
URLSession.POST("http://example.com").asDictionary().then { json in
    //…
}.catch { error in
    //…
}

OMGHTTPURLRQ supplements NSURLSession (so you can, eg. do POSTs properly). However, nowadays, servers often simply prefer JSON so you can opt to use NSURLSession by itself and if so we wrote the promises you need.

Support

Ask your question at our Gitter chat channel or on our bug tracker.