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1 # inflight 2 3 Add callbacks to requests in flight to avoid async duplication 4 5 ## USAGE 6 7 ```javascript 8 var inflight = require('inflight') 9 10 // some request that does some stuff 11 function req(key, callback) { 12 // key is any random string. like a url or filename or whatever. 13 // 14 // will return either a falsey value, indicating that the 15 // request for this key is already in flight, or a new callback 16 // which when called will call all callbacks passed to inflightk 17 // with the same key 18 callback = inflight(key, callback) 19 20 // If we got a falsey value back, then there's already a req going 21 if (!callback) return 22 23 // this is where you'd fetch the url or whatever 24 // callback is also once()-ified, so it can safely be assigned 25 // to multiple events etc. First call wins. 26 setTimeout(function() { 27 callback(null, key) 28 }, 100) 29 } 30 31 // only assigns a single setTimeout 32 // when it dings, all cbs get called 33 req('foo', cb1) 34 req('foo', cb2) 35 req('foo', cb3) 36 req('foo', cb4) 37 ```