## ModAPI.promisify() Some methods in java are asynchronous, meaning that they don't return a value/modify state immediately. Calling them in an event or in a patch to a normal function will cause a stack implosion, characterised by the client/dedicated server hanging without any error messages. In order to call them properly from javascript, you need to use the `ModAPI.promisify()` function. For example, here we have a simple client-side command that will try to use the `PlatformRuntime` class to download data from a URI: ```javascript ModAPI.addEventListener("sendchatmessage", function downloadSomething(e) { if (e.message.toLowerCase().startsWith("/downloadtest")) { var arraybuffer = ModAPI.hooks.methods.nlevi_PlatformRuntime_downloadRemoteURI(ModAPI.util.str("data:text/plain,hi")); console.log(arraybuffer); } }); ``` This will cause the client to hang. The correct way of calling this asynchronous method is like this: ```javascript ModAPI.addEventListener("sendchatmessage", function downloadSomething(e) { if (e.message.toLowerCase().startsWith("/downloadtest")) { ModAPI.promisify(ModAPI.hooks.methods.nlevi_PlatformRuntime_downloadRemoteURI)(ModAPI.util.str("data:text/plain,hi")).then(arraybuffer => { console.log(arraybuffer); }); } }); ``` The way this promisify method works is by taking in a java method, and (effectively) converting it into a javascript async function. For example, you can do: ```javascript var asyncDownloadRemoteURI = ModAPI.promisify(ModAPI.hooks.methods.nlevi_PlatformRuntime_downloadRemoteURI); console.log(typeof asyncDownloadRemoteURI); //Logs function ``` When it is called, like any other asyncronous function, it returns a `Promise` object. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise You can replace the argument with any other method or constructor, including non asynchronous ones.