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This very simple library provides a function for retrying an asynchronous operation until it succeeds. An "asynchronous operation" is embodied by a function that returns a promise or returns synchronously.
It supports regular intervals and exponential backoff with a configurable limit, as well as an overall timeout for the operation that limits the number of retries.
The bluebird library supplies the promise implementation.
var Promise = require('bluebird');
var retry = require('bluebird-retry');
var count = 0;
function myfunc() {
console.log('myfunc called ' + (++count) + ' times');
if (count < 3) {
return Promise.reject(new Error('fail the first two times'));
} else {
return Promise.resolve('succeed the third time');
}
}
retry(myfunc)
.then(function(result) {
console.log(result);
});
This will display:
myfunc called 1 times
myfunc called 2 times
myfunc called 3 times
succeed the third time
The function is executed by Promise.attempt
, so it can return a simple value or a
Promise that resolves successfully to indicate success, or it can throw an Error
or a rejected promise to indicate failure.
Note that the rejection messages from the first two failed calls
were absorbed by retry
.
The maximum number of retries and controls for the interval
between retries can be specified via the options
parameter:
interval
initial wait time between attempts in milliseconds (default 1000)backoff
if specified, increase interval by this factor between attemptsmax_interval
if specified, maximum amount that interval can increase totimeout
total time to wait for the operation to succeed in millisecondsmax_tries
maximum number of attempts to try the operation (default 5)predicate
to be used as bluebird's Filtered Catch. func
will be retried only if the predicate expectation is met, it will otherwise fail immediately.throw_original
to throw the last thrown error instance rather then a timeout error.context
if specified, is used as the this
context when calling func
args
if specified, is passed as arguments to func
Note that timeout
does not actually set a real timeout for the operation,
but actually computes a maximum number of attempts based on the interval
options. If both timeout
and max_tries
are specified, then whichever
limit comes first applies. If max_tries
is set to -1
and no timeout
is specified, retry will be performed forever.
For example:
function logFail() {
console.log(new Date().toISOString());
throw new Error('bail');
}
retry(logFail, { max_tries: 4, interval: 500 });
Will display:
2014-05-29T23:16:28.941Z
2014-05-29T23:16:29.445Z
2014-05-29T23:16:29.946Z
2014-05-29T23:16:30.447Z
Error: operation timed out
And
retry(logFail, { timeout: 10000, interval: 1000, backoff: 2 });
Will display:
2014-05-29T23:17:29.655Z
2014-05-29T23:17:30.658Z
2014-05-29T23:17:32.660Z
2014-05-29T23:17:36.661Z
Error: operation timed out
The library also supports stopping the retry loop before the timeout occurs by throwing a new instance of retry.StopError
from within the called function.
For example:
var retry = require('bluebird-retry');
var i = 0;
var err;
var swing = function() {
i++;
console.log('strike ' + i);
if (i == 3) {
throw new retry.StopError('yer out');
}
throw new Error('still up at bat');
};
retry(swing, {timeout: 10000})
.caught(function(e) {
console.log(e.message)
});
Will display:
strike 1
strike 2
strike 3
yer out
The StopError
constructor accepts one argument. If it is invoked with an instance of Error
, then the promise is rejected with that error argument. Otherwise the promise is rejected with the StopError
itself.
FAQs
utility for retrying a bluebird promise until it succeeds
We found that bluebird-retry demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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