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@balena/promise-queue
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Queue sync or async functions with max concurrency, max size, max age, and fifo/lifo ordering
This module allows you to queue sync/async functions with max concurrency, max size, max-age, and fifo/lifo ordering
let q = new PromiseQueue({
name: 'device_logs',
concurrency: 40,
maxSize: 400,
maxAge: 30 * 1000,
order: 'fifo'
});
export function middleware(
req: Request,
res: Response,
next: NextFunction,
): void {
q.add(() =>
new Promise(resolve => {
res.once('close', resolve);
res.once('finish', resolve);
next();
}),
)
.catch(err => {
if (err instanceof PromiseQueueError) {
reject(res);
}
});
}
PromiseQueue.metrics is an EventEmitter which emits the following events:
arrival, data: undefined: a promise arrives at the queue
queueLength, data: number: the length of the queue on arrival
inFlight, data: number: the number of active promises on arrival
dequeue, data: undefined: a promise stops waiting in the queue and starts processing
queueTime, data: number: time a promise spent waiting in queue on dequeue
completion, data: undefined: a promise completes processing
serviceTime, data: number: time a promise spent processing on completion
latency, data: number: sum of queueTime and serviceTime on completion
rejection, data: undefined: a promise to be added is rejected because maxSize is already reached
timeout, data: undefined: a promise's latency (queue time + service time) exceeds maxAge, and it is rejected
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Queue sync or async functions with max concurrency, max size, max age, and fifo/lifo ordering
The npm package @balena/promise-queue receives a total of 1,092 weekly downloads. As such, @balena/promise-queue popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @balena/promise-queue demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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