dot-queue

Dot queue

Dot queue is a node js queue with support for multiprocessing. Dot queue forks workers smartly based on the current cpu usage.

How to install

npm i dot-queue

Documentation

Make sure your mongo instance is a replica set. Refer here for creating a replica set. This module will not work if replica set is not initiated.

Import the queue.

const DotQ = require('dot-queue');

Initiate a queue.

DotQ.create([options], mongoConnectionStr)

Options

maxWorkers: maximum number of workers master can fork.
data-type: int
default: Equal to number of cpu cores i.e os.cpus().length

collection: mongo db collection name for maintianing job queues data.
data-type: string
default: 'dot_queue'

maxCPUUsage: Percentage cpu usage after which workers should be killed or not allowed to be forked.
data-type: int
default: 75

Methods

defineJob: Define a new job handler.
Arguments:
name: (string) Name with which jobs in queue can identify the defined jobs.
action: (function) Job handler function.

ex:

DotQ.defineJob('download_image', (job_data, done) => {
	child_process.execSync(`curl ${job_data.url} -o dump/${job_data.id}.jpg`);
	 // Calling done will signal the queue that the job has been succesfully
	 // processed and it can be removed from the queue
	done();
})

addJob: Add a new job to the queue (asyncronous).
Arguments:
name: (string) Job name used to identify the job to be performed.
data: (object) Data to be passed to the job while processing.
priority: (int) Priority of the job. Optional, if nothing specified it will be 5. Higher priority jobs will be processed first.
ex:

DotQ.addJob('download_image', {
	id: 25,
	url: <some-image-url>
})

Important note: Adding jobs and defining jobs should always be done in different scripts. If done in same scripts then dot-queue will throw an error.

License

MIT License