exec-retry

exec-retry

child_process.exec with a retry functionality using retry.

Features

• Retry a command until success
• Set retry options (see retry)
• It even returns streams, just like node's exec, oh wow

Installation

$ npm install exec-retry --save

Usage

const exec = require('exec-retry');

exec('curl https://www.roqet.io', function (err, stdout, stderr) {
  // done!
});


// now set max retries number
exec.timeouts = {
  retries: 3
};

exec('curl https://www.roqet.io', function (err, stdout, stderr) {
  // fails after 3 retries
});


// and streams!
let ps = exec('ping google.com', function () {
  // done!
});

ps.stdout.on('data', function (data) {
  // stream output
});

Tests

$ make test

License

exec-retry is released under the MIT license.