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# p-limit [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/p-limit)
> Run multiple promise-returning & async functions with limited concurrency
## Install
```
$ npm install p-limit
```
## Usage
```js
const pLimit = require('p-limit');
const limit = pLimit(1);
const input = [
limit(() => fetchSomething('foo')),
limit(() => fetchSomething('bar')),
limit(() => doSomething())
];
(async () => {
// Only one promise is run at once
const result = await Promise.all(input);
console.log(result);
})();
```
## API
### pLimit(concurrency)
Returns a `limit` function.
#### concurrency
Type: `number`<br>
Minimum: `1`
Concurrency limit.
### limit(fn)
Returns the promise returned by calling `fn`.
#### fn
Type: `Function`
Promise-returning/async function.
## Related
- [p-queue](https://github.com/sindresorhus/p-queue) - Promise queue with concurrency control
- [p-throttle](https://github.com/sindresorhus/p-throttle) - Throttle promise-returning & async functions
- [p-debounce](https://github.com/sindresorhus/p-debounce) - Debounce promise-returning & async functions
- [p-all](https://github.com/sindresorhus/p-all) - Run promise-returning & async functions concurrently with optional limited concurrency
- [More…](https://github.com/sindresorhus/promise-fun)
## License
MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com)
