@hmcts/requestretry
v1.1.2
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request-retry wrap nodejs request to retry http(s) requests in case of error
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When the connection fails with one of ECONNRESET
, ENOTFOUND
, ESOCKETTIMEDOUT
, ETIMEDOUT
, ECONNREFUSED
, EHOSTUNREACH
, EPIPE
, EAI_AGAIN
or when an HTTP 5xx error occurrs, the request will automatically be re-attempted as these are often recoverable errors and will go away on retry.
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Installation
Install with npm.
npm install --save requestretry
Usage
Request-retry is a drop-in replacement for request but adds two new options maxAttempts
and retryDelay
. It also adds one property to the response (or the error object, upon a network error), attempts
. It supports callbacks or promises.
With callbacks
var request = require('requestretry');
request({
url: 'https://api.domain.com/v1/a/b',
json: true,
// The below parameters are specific to request-retry
maxAttempts: 5, // (default) try 5 times
retryDelay: 5000, // (default) wait for 5s before trying again
retryStrategy: request.RetryStrategies.HTTPOrNetworkError // (default) retry on 5xx or network errors
}, function(err, response, body){
// this callback will only be called when the request succeeded or after maxAttempts or on error
if (response) {
console.log('The number of request attempts: ' + response.attempts);
}
});
With promises
When you're using promises, you can pass the two following options:
fullResponse
(default true) - To resolve the promise with the full response or just the bodypromiseFactory
(default whenjs) - A function to allow the usage of a different promise implementation library
request({
url: 'https://api.domain.com/v1/a/b',
json: true,
fullResponse: true // (default) To resolve the promise with the full response or just the body
})
.then(function (response) {
// response = The full response object or just the body
})
.catch(function(error) {
// error = Any occurred error
})
Using promiseFactory
option to use a different promise implementation library
// See the tests for different libraries usage examples
/**
* @param {Function} resolver The promise resolver function
* @return {Object} The promise instance
*/
function customPromiseFactory(resolver) {
// With when.js
return require('when').promise(resolver);
// With RSVP.js
var Promise = require('rsvp').Promise;
return new Promise(resolver);
}
request({
url: 'https://api.domain.com/v1/a/b',
json: true,
// Custom promise factory function
promiseFactory: customPromiseFactory
})
.then(function (response) {
// response = The full response object or just the body
})
.catch(function(error) {
// error = Any occurred error
})
How to define your own retry strategy
A retry strategy let you specify when request-retry should retry a request
/**
* @param {Null | Object} err
* @param {Object} response
* @param {Object} body
* @return {Boolean} true if the request should be retried
*/
function myRetryStrategy(err, response, body){
// retry the request if we had an error or if the response was a 'Bad Gateway'
return err || response.statusCode === 502;
}
request({
url: 'https://api.domain.com/v1/a/b'
json:true,
retryStrategy: myRetryStrategy
}, function(err, response, body){
// this callback will only be called when the request succeeded or after maxAttempts or on error
});
How to define your own delay strategy
A delay strategy let you specify how long request-retry should wait before trying again the request
/**
* @param {Null | Object} err
* @param {Object} response
* @param {Object} body
* @return {Number} number of milliseconds to wait before trying again the request
*/
function myDelayStrategy(err, response, body){
// set delay of retry to a random number between 500 and 3500 ms
return Math.floor(Math.random() * (3500 - 500 + 1) + 500);
}
request({
url: 'https://api.domain.com/v1/a/b'
json:true,
delayStrategy: myDelayStrategy // delayStrategy is called 1 less times than the maxAttempts set
}, function(err, response, body){
// this callback will only be called when the request succeeded or after maxAttempts or on error
});
Here is how to implement an exponential backoff strategy:
/**
* @param {Number} attempts The number of times that the request has been attempted.
* @return {Number} number of milliseconds to wait before retrying again the request.
*/
function getExponentialBackoff(attempts) {
return (Math.pow(2, attempts) * 100) + Math.floor(Math.random() * 50);
}
function constructExponentialBackoffStrategy() {
let attempts = 0;
return () => {
attempts += 1;
return getExponentialBackoff(attempts);
};
}
request({
url: 'https://api.domain.com/v1/a/b'
json:true,
delayStrategy: constructExponentialBackoffStrategy() // need to invoke the function to return the closure.
}, function(err, response, body){
// this callback will only be called when the request succeeded or after maxAttempts or on error
});
Modifying request
options
You can use the defaults
method to provide default options like so:
var request = require('requestretry').defaults({ json: true, retryStrategy: myRetryStrategy });
API surface
As with request
, several helpers are provided for various HTTP methods and usage:
request(options [, callback])
.request(url [, callback])
- same asrequest(options [, callback])
.request(url, options [, callback])
- same asrequest(options [, callback])
.request.get(url [, callback])
- same asrequest(options [, callback])
, defaultsoptions.method
toGET
.request.get(url, options [, callback])
- same asrequest(options [, callback])
, defaultsoptions.method
toGET
.request.head(url)
- same asrequest(options [, callback])
, defaultsoptions.method
toHEAD
.request.post(url)
- same asrequest(options [, callback])
, defaultsoptions.method
toPOST
.request.put(url)
- same asrequest(options [, callback])
, defaultsoptions.method
toPUT
.request.patch(url)
- same asrequest(options [, callback])
, defaultsoptions.method
toPATCH
.request.del(url)
- same asrequest(options [, callback])
, defaultsoptions.method
toDELETE
.request.delete(url)
- same asrequest(options [, callback])
, defaultsoptions.method
toDELETE
.
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