NodeJS Wait for function in for loop to finish before continuing

Question

I basically have this for loop which runs a function that opens a puppeteer window and goes to a link, however, I want this to be done sequentially as right now all the puppeteer windows open at the same time.

Here is the loop:

for(var i=0; i < 3; i++){
  if (i != 0){
    enter();
  }
}

And here is my function enter :

async function enter(){

   browser = await puppeteer.launch({headless: false});
   page = await browser.newPage();
   await page.goto(url);

}

Right now if I were to run that code 2 puppeteer windows would open however I would like 1 to open, go to the link, and then have the next one open and go to the link, and so on...

Any help is appreciated

Answer 1

You are not awaiting your enter call and that is reason it is not waiting. You need to await it.

for(var i=0; i < 3; i++){
  if (i != 0){
    await enter();
  }
}

Answer 2

You need to wrap your loop into an async function and await every enter() call:

async function openWindows() {
  for(var i=0; i < 3; i++){
    if (i != 0){
      await enter();
    }
  }
}