amqp-worker

A base worker class for connecting to and dealing with RabbitMQ.

This is mostly a convenience wrapper around amqplib.

Install

Requirements

• Node.js 8+ (for async/await)
• RabbitMQ

npm install @scriptollc/amqp-worker

Usage

const QueueWorker = require('@scriptollc/amqp-worker')

class MyWorker extends QueueWorker {
  constructor () {
    super()
    this.queue = 'my-queue'
  }

  messageHandler (msg) {
    const data = msg.content
    this.channel.ack(data)
  }
}

const worker = new MyWorker()

worker.listen()
  .then(() => console.log('listening!'))
  .catch((err) => console.log('ERROR!', err))

If you're not into ES6 Classes, you can use a function and the prototype chain to manage this as well. Since this is an ES6 class however, prototyping requires the use of Reflect:

const QueueWorker = require('@scriptollc/amqp-worker')

function MyWorker () {
  Object.assign(this, Reflect.construct(QueueWorker, arguments, MyWorker))
  this.queue = 'my-queue'
}

Reflect.setPrototypeOf(MyWorker.prototype, QueueWorker.prototype)

MyWorker.prototype.messageHandler = function (msg) {
  const data = msg.content
  this.channel.ack(data)
}

const worker = new MyWorker()
worker.listen()
  .then(() => console.log('listening!'))
  .catch((err) => console.log('ERROR!', err))

The upside to this construct is that it works for both ES6 style classes and traditional JS function prototypes.

API

new QueueWorker(host?:string, port?:number, opts?:object):QueueWorker

Create a new instance of a queue worker. Optionally pass in a hostname and a port for the RabbitMQ server. These may also be specified in environment variables:

• RABBIT_MQ_HOST - default: localhost
• RABBIT_MQ_POST - default: 5672

An object of objects may be passed in to provide default options for asserting a queue, consuming a queue or sending a message to a queue. Options may be overridden or additional options may be provided at runtime

• opts.assertOpts - default options for this.channel.assertQueue
• opts.consumeOpts - default options for this.channel.consume
• opts.sendOpts - default options for this.channel.sendToQueue

All queue worker instances must implement:

• messageHandler(msg:object):undefined - the message handler
• queue:string - the name of the queue

They may as well implement:

• handleError(err:Error):undefined - error handler (default: throws errors)
• beforeDisconnect():Promise - do something before disconnection
• serializeMessage():Buffer - called on the msg passed in to sendMessage. noop by default, allows you to control how messages get changed into Buffers

Methods

async QueueWorker#initialize():Promise

Connect to the specified RabbitMQ server and attach a listener for error messages on the connection

async QueueWorker#getChannel():Promise

Create a channel on the active connection, or, make a connection if one doesn't exist and create a channel

async QueueWorker#disconnect():Promise

Disconnect the channel and the server, running the optional beforeDisconnect handler.

async QueueWorker#listen(assertOpts?:object, consumeOpts?:object):Promise

Assert the specified queue and attach the messageHandler as a queue consumer.

Will create a connection and/or a channel as necessary. The options for assertQueue and consume are the same as for the amqplib functions.

async QueueWorker#sendMessage(msg:Buffer|Any, sendOpts?object):Promise

Send a message to the queue, using the specified options, if any. Your message must either be an instance of the Buffer object, or you must have overridden QueueWorker#serializeMessage to return a Buffer.

You may use a different channel to send a message to a queue by passing in a channel key on the sendOpts object.

QueueWorker#messageHandler(msg:Object):undefined

This MUST be implemented! Handle messages coming in from RabbitMQ. The msg object is the same as provided for the consume method in amqplib:

{
  content: Buffer,
  fields: Object,
  properties: Object
}

You can use this.channel.ack and this.channel.nack (or any of the channel methods) to tell the server you've handled (or rejected) the message.

async QueueWorker#beforeDisconnect():Promise

This MAY be implemented

Do something before disconnecting the channel and the connecftion

async QueueWorker#handleError(err:Error):undefined

This MAY be implemented

Do something with any errors that might be thrown

Properties

QueueWorker.queue:string

What queue to use when asserting

License

Copyright © 2018, Scripto LLC. Apache-2.0 licensed.