1 # p-defer [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/p-defer.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/p-defer)
3 > Create a deferred promise
5 [**Don't use this unless you know what you're doing!**](https://github.com/petkaantonov/bluebird/wiki/Promise-anti-patterns#the-deferred-anti-pattern) Prefer the `Promise` constructor.
11 $ npm install --save p-defer
18 const pDefer = require('p-defer');
21 const deferred = pDefer();
22 setTimeout(deferred.resolve, ms, '🦄');
23 return deferred.promise;
26 delay(100).then(console.log);
30 *The above is just an example. Use [`delay`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/delay) if you need to delay a promise.*
37 Returns an `Object` with a `promise` property and functions to `resolve()` and `reject()`.
42 - [More…](https://github.com/sindresorhus/promise-fun)
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