lb_pool
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in-process HTTP load balancer client with retries
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lb_pool
In-process HTTP load balancer client with retries and backpressure for node.js.
If you use HTTP for IPC, or if you consume public APIs with HTTPS, then lb_pool
can help make your system more reliable, and possibly even faster.
lb_pool
will use HTTP/1.1 keepalive to all of the available servers, distributing the load while maintaining and reusing TCP connections as appropriate. If a request fails due to a socket error or a user-defined failure condition, the request will be retried on another node. If there are too many pending requests into a pool, new requests are failed immediately to enforce backpressure and guard against cascading failures.
This module is inspired by and rewritten from poolee, which is more actively maintained than lb_pool
.
Usage Example
var LB_Pool = require("lb_pool");
var servers = [
"10.0.0.1:8000",
"10.0.0.2:8000",
"10.0.0.3:8000"
];
var auth_pool = new LB_Pool(require("http"), servers, {
max_pending: 300,
ping: "/ping",
timeout: 10000,
max_sockets: 2,
name: "auth"
});
auth_pool.get("/api/auth_validate?user=mjr", function (err, res, body) {
// handle error or response
});
Consuming external APIs with HTTPS
If your application consumes public APIs, you can get better performance and reliability by using lb_pool
:
var LB_Pool = require("lb_pool");
var servers = [
"api.facebook.com:443",
"api.facebook.com:443"
];
var auth_pool = new LB_Pool(require("https"), servers, {
max_pending: 10,
ping: "/ping",
timeout: 10000,
max_sockets: 4,
name: "fb"
});
auth_pool.get("/me?token=aaaaaaaaaaaa", function (err, res, body) {
// handle error or response
});