why do i get [object Promise]

Question

in a request fetch I always find [object Promise] This is my code:

async function getStartChat() {
        const response = await fetch("lib/start_chat.php")
        let data = await response.text();
        return data;
    }

let saveChat = getStartChat();
if(saveChat !== "") qCHAT.innerHTML = saveChat;

I also tried this other way:

async function getStartChat() {
        const response = await fetch("lib/bot.php").
        then(response => response.text()).
        then(data => { return data }).
        catch(err => console.log(err));
    }

but I always get the same answer

Answer 1

async functions always returns a promise.

if you want to use the value of the result you have to use .then

getStartChat().then(saveChat => {
    if(saveChat !== "") qCHAT.innerHTML = saveChat;

});