Promises... Aaaaah

anAttemptToResolve.js

/*global require, module*/
var ApiBuilder = require('claudia-api-builder'),
    api = new ApiBuilder(),
    Promise = require('bluebird');

module.exports = api;

// use a promise for asynchronous processing
api.get('/greet/{name}', function(request) {
    'use strict';

    return Promise
    	.resolve(waitASecondHere())
    	.then(function (data) { return data; });
});

// Mimicing doing a Dynamo getItem or something. 
// in this case just returning a string
function waitASecondHere(){
	setTimeout(function () {
		return "Some data!";
	}, 1000);
};

btw, use Promise.delay(delayInMs) instead of setTimeout; the problem with the original script was that you were resolving, so completing the promise flow, at the start