multile promises for loop nodejs

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function get_all_the_things(things) {
    var the_promises = [];

    things.forEach(function(thing) {
        var deferred = Q.defer();
        get_a_thing(thing, function(result) {
            deferred.resolve(result);
        });
        the_promises.push(deferred.promise);
    });

    return Q.all(the_promises);
}

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//this is how u call
get_all_the_things(filesattachment) //[{gridfsid:1},{gridfsid:2}]
        .then(function(result) {
          //  $.debug('\n\n')    
          })
          .done();