dont-collide

A throttle for functions that calls external sources. Developed in order to prevent "Connection refused" errors.

Use it to prevent collisions and "denial of service" when sending data in a loop to an external source.

• Easy to use and fast to implement
• Ultra lightweight
• Option to return function data as an array when finished or to return data for every call
• Suppport for returning data through asyncronous callbacks

Basic usage

Use npm to install the module:

    npm install dont-collide

Then use dontCollide like this:

var dontCollide = require('dont-collide');
 
var dc = dontCollide();
 
dc.throttle(
    function(p1, p2, p3) { 
        console.log('Fired: ' + p1 + ' - ' + p2 + ' - ' + p3);	
    }
    ,1,2,3);
 
/*
Outputs
 
Fired: 1 - 2 - 3
 
*/

Usage where return data is returned is summed up in an array

var dontCollide = require('dont-collide');
 
let cb = function(results) {
    for(var i = 0; i < results.length; i++){
        console.log("CorrelationId: " + results[i].correlationId + "\nResult: " + results[i].result + "\n\n");
    }
}
 
var dc = dontCollide({ finalize: cb });
 
dc.throttle({ correlationId: 20, fn: function(){ return 'Mr. T' }});
dc.throttle({ correlationId: 30, fn: function(){ return 'Face' }});
dc.throttle({ correlationId: 40, fn: function(){ return 'Hannibal' }});
 
/*
Outputs:
 
CorrelationId: 20
Result: Mr. T
 
 
CorrelationId: 30
Result: Face
 
 
CorrelationId: 40
Result: Hannibal
*/

Usage where return data is provided through callback

var dontCollide = require('dont-collide');
 
let cb = (result) => {
        console.log("CorrelationId: " + result.correlationId + "\nResult: " + result.result + "\n\n");
}
 
var dc = dontCollide();
 
dc.throttle({ correlationId: 20, fn: function(){ return 'Mr. T' }, callback: cb});
dc.throttle({ correlationId: 30, fn: function(){ return 'Face' }, callback: cb});
dc.throttle({ correlationId: 40, fn: function(){ return 'Hannibal' }, callback: cb});
 
/*
Outputs:
 
CorrelationId: 20
Result: Mr. T
 
 
CorrelationId: 30
Result: Face
 
 
CorrelationId: 40
Result: Hannibal
*/

Usage for asynchronous calls

var dontCollide = require('dont-collide');
 
let cb = function(greeting, cid, rs) {
    console.log(cid + ": " + greeting + " " + rs);
}
 
 
const dc = dontCollide();
 
dc.throttle({ correlationId: 20, fn: function(greeting, cid, c) { setTimeout(() => { c(greeting, cid, 'Mr. T'); }, 1 ); }, asyncCallback: cb }, 'Hi');
dc.throttle({ correlationId: 30, fn: function(greeting, cid, c) { setTimeout(() => { c(greeting, cid, 'Hannibal'); }, 100 ); }, asyncCallback: cb}, 'Hello');
dc.throttle({ correlationId: 40, fn: function(greeting, cid, c) { setTimeout(() => { c(greeting, cid, 'Face'); }, 50 ); }, asyncCallback: cb}, 'Good day');
 
/*
Outputs:
 
20: Hi Mr. T
40: Good day Face
30: Hello Hannibal
 
*/

Instance options

You can of course provide options for setting up dont-collide.

interval

Number

Default: 1

Time gap in miliseconds between each function call.

var dc = dontCollide({ interval: 1000 });

This sets the interval to one call each second.

finalize

Function

Default: Empty function

The callback function which is called when all function calls are completed.

var dc = dontCollide({ finalize: function(results) { console.log(result.correlationId + " - " + result.result); } });

This sets the interval to one call each second.

Throttle options

correlationId

String or number

Default: 0

An id to recognize your request on. Useful if some function call takes longer than others

dc.throttle({ correlationId: 20, fn: function(){ return 'Mr. T' }});

fn

Function

Required.

The function you wish to execute with throttling

dc.throttle({ fn: function(num1, num2){ console.log(num1 + num2) }}, 5, 10);
 
/*
Outputs
 
15
*/

Actually, if you don't wish to set any other options, you can just send the function alone.

dc.throttle(function(num1, num2){ console.log(num1 + num2) }, 5, 10);
 
/*
Outputs
 
15
*/

You can always pass parameters by sending a parameter list after the options (or your function).

asyncCallback

Function

Default: null

When using asyncCallback two more parameters are added to the parameter list of your function call. The correlationId and the async callback.

dc.throttle({ correlationId: 40, fn: function(greeting, cid, c) { setTimeout(() => { c(greeting, cid, 'Face'); }, 50 ); }, asyncCallback: function(greeting, cid, rs){console.log(cid + ": " + greeting + " " + rs);}}, 'Good day');
 
/*
Outputs
 
30: Hello Hannibal
*/

callback

Function

Default: null

A function that is called with the result for every execution. If this is set for a call to throttle, then the result will not go into the results that is send to the finalize function.

dc.throttle({ fn: function(){ return 'Mr. T' }, callback: function(rs){ console.log(rs.result); } });
 
/*
Outputs
 
Mr. T
*/

Tests

To run tests on this module, make sure that the modules for the tests are installed

    npm install dont-collide --dev

Then run:

    npm test

Release notes

• 1.0.1 - Changed default finalize prop from arrow function to function.
• 1.0.0 - First working version

Keywords

• throttle
• throttling
• function queue
• method queue
• queue
• dont-collide

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2016 Thorbjørn Gliese Jelgren (The Right Foot, www.therightfoot.dk)

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