handle_continue_blogpost_02.ex

def init(type) do
  Logger.info("#{type} - init start")
  state = %{
    type: type,
    data: nil
  }

  # Send a message to ourself to load the data outside of the synchronous
  # init block
  self() |> send(:more_init)

  Logger.info("#{type} - init end")
  {:ok, state}
end

# Trigger the HTTP call here, instead of ini the init/1 callback
def handle_info(:more_init, state) do
  data = get_data(state.type)
  updated_state = Map.put(state, :data, data)
  {:noreply, updated_state}
end