retry-fn

A more functional retry function

Installation

npm install retry-fn

Example

var retryFn = require('retry-fn')
 
var retry = retryFn.bind(null, {retries: 3, timeout: retryFn.fib(75)})
 
retry(unreliableFunction, function (err, result) {
  // ...
})

Reference

retry-fn exports a function that takes 3 arguments:

• optional Number||Object, number of times to retry or an options object. Defaults to {retries: 3, timeout: 0}. {retries: Number, timeout: Number||Function}:

  • retries number of times to retry before calling the callback with an error
  • timeout a function taking the retry count, returning the number of milliseconds before attempting again. If anything else is passed it will be wrapped in a function and return that value on each call. Eg. pass a Number for "equally" spaced retries.

• Function to attempt. Expecting the format function(callback) { /* ... */ }. If your function takes any other arguments, consider binding it or wrapping it. See example/hyperquest.js

• Callback which is called on success or when all retries have been exhausted.

Comes with three timeout functions builtin:

• retry.fib(factor), returns a function for generating the Fibonacci sequence. With factor=100: 100, 100, 200, 300, 500, 800, 1300
• retry.leo(factor), returns a function for generating the Leonardo sequence. With factor=100: 100, 100, 200, 300, 500, 900, 1500
• retry.exp(factor), returns a function for generating a sequence according to factor^n. With factor=25: 1, 25, 625, 15625

License

ISC