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@abtnode/queue
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A simple job queue built on top of [nedb](https://www.npmjs.com/package/nedb) and [fastq](https://www.npmjs.com/package/fastq)
A simple job queue built on top of nedb and fastq
yarn add @abtnode/queue
Then:
const createQueue = require('@abtnode/queue');
const queue = createQueue({
file: '/path/to/job.db',
onJob: (job) => {
console.log('onJob', job);
const result = someLongTask(job);
return result;
},
});
const task = queue.push({ id: 2 });
task.on('failed', ({ id, job, error }) => {
console.error('job failed', error);
});
task.on('finished', ({ id, job, result }) => {
console.log('job finished', result);
});
FAQs
A simple job queue built on top of [nedb](https://www.npmjs.com/package/nedb) and [fastq](https://www.npmjs.com/package/fastq)
The npm package @abtnode/queue receives a total of 838 weekly downloads. As such, @abtnode/queue popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that @abtnode/queue demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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