Parse.com and closures - javascript

I have a Cloud Code function that will execute n times the same block. The block consist in an http call with auth header. to make things simple, I have created a function at the root of my main.js. The function needs to return a result and keep in memory the authData (in order to reuse it for future calls).
function requestURI (uri){
var authData; // gets generated if null, should be reused if not null
var result; // supposingly contains the results
return something();
}
The function something() is a Parse.Promise because I need my calls to be asynchronous. As I understand I can't attach the result nor the authData to my promise.... If I run a console.log() within the function requestURI(), I see authData and result correctly populated as expected
Then I want this function from a Parse function. (the whole purpose is to have the function being re-usable by any other)
Parse.Cloud.define("testCall", function(request, response) {
var uri1 = '...';
var uri2 = '...';
var uri3 = '...';
return requestURI(uri1).then(function(){
// how do I get the result of my request?
return request(uri2);
}).then(function(){
// how do I get the result of my request?
return request(uri3);
});
}
The problem I have is that I can't retrieve my result out of the requestURI function and it seems that authData is reset everytime I run the function
I read the solution lies in closures but I can't get my head around them...
edit: add the function something():
return Parse.Cloud.httpRequest({
method: 'GET',
url: url,
headers: {
"Authorization" : digestAuthHeader
},
success: function(httpResponse) {
// all went well, let's increase the nonceCount, for future calls
authData["nc"] += 1;
// I need to return the result object in a promise
result = httpResponse.data;
// return a Promise that can be handled by any function
return Parse.Promise.as(result)); // this promise doesn't work
},
error: function(httpResponse) {
console.error('Request failed with response code ' + httpResponse.status);
return (null,Parse.Promise.error(httpResponse.text));
}
});
edit: here is what I'm trying
// authData is not null, we can make an authenticated call
function makeAuthenticatedRequest(){
// generate the appropriate auth Header;
var digestAuthHeader = generateDigestAuthHeader();
return Parse.Cloud.httpRequest({
method: 'GET',
url: url,
headers: {
"Authorization" : digestAuthHeader
}}).then(function(httpResponse) {
// all went well, let's increase the nonceCount, for future calls
authData["nc"] += 1;
// create the final object to return in a promise
result = httpResponse.data;
console.log(result) // returns something not null!!!
// return a Promise that can be handled by any function
return promise.resolve({'authData': authData, 'result': result});
},
function(error) {
console.error('Request failed with response code ' + error.status);
return (null,Parse.Promise.error(error));
});
}
Parse.Cloud.define("testCall", function(request, response) {
var uri1 = '...';
var authData;
return apiCall1001Menus(authData,uri1).then(function(result){
response.success(result); // returns {}
});
});
my response callback is {}!!! which is not what I would expect at all

I will give you an example to prevent my bad english cause misleading.
The following rewrite function makeAuthenticatedRequest() in callback deferred antipattern and promise fashion.
Callback:
Deferred antipattern:
function makeAuthenticatedRequest(){
// generate the appropriate auth Header;
var digestAuthHeader = generateDigestAuthHeader();
var promise = new Parse.promise();
Parse.Cloud.httpRequest({
method: 'GET',
url: url,
headers: {
"Authorization" : digestAuthHeader
},
success: function(httpResponse) {
// all went well, let's increase the nonceCount, for future calls
authData["nc"] += 1;
// create the final object to return in a promise
result = httpResponse.data;
console.log(result) // returns something not null!!!
// return a Promise that can be handled by any function
promise.resolve({'authData': authData, 'result': result});
},
error: function(error) {
console.error('Request failed with response code ' + error.status);
// it could be promise.resolve (success) or promise.reject (error)
promise.reject(error);
}
});
return promise;
}
Promise:
function makeAuthenticatedRequest(){
// generate the appropriate auth Header;
var digestAuthHeader = generateDigestAuthHeader();
return Parse.Cloud.httpRequest({
method: 'GET',
url: url,
headers: {
"Authorization" : digestAuthHeader
}
}).then(function(httpResponse) {
// all went well, let's increase the nonceCount, for future calls
authData["nc"] += 1;
// create the final object to return in a promise
result = httpResponse.data;
console.log(result) // returns something not null!!!
// return a Promise that can be handled by any function
return {'authData': authData, 'result': result};
}, function(error) {
console.error('Request failed with response code ' + error.status);
return Parse.Promise.error(error);
});
}

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As always thanks all.
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}
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