Message queue iterator

An async iterator for a RedisSMQ message queue.

Usage

The application must initialise a RedisSMQ client and give it to the QueueIterator. The RedisSMQ client must have the realtime option set to true as the iterator will subscribe to receive messages

// index.js
import RedisSMQ from "rsmq";
import QueueIterator from "rsmq-iterator";

const rsmq = new RedisSMQ({
  /* host, port, ... */
  realtime: true
});
QueueIterator.rsmq(rsmq);

Create a class for the queue

// MyQueue.js
import QueueIterator from "rsmq-iterator";
export default class MyQueue extends QueueIterator {}

The class can be used to send messages to the queue

// somewhere.js
import MyQueue from "./MyQueue";

async function send(foo) {
  const job = await new MyQueue({ foo });
  const { id } = job.info();
  console.log(id);
}
send("a message");

The send() method can also be used to send messages to the queue

// somewhere.js
import MyQueue from "./MyQueue";

const myQueue = new MyQueue();
async function send(foo) {
  const job = await myQueue.send({ foo });
  const { id } = job.info();
  console.log(id);
}
send("a message");

The class instance can be used to receive messages from the queue

// somewhere-else.js
import MyQueue from "./MyQueue";

async function main() {
  for await (const job of new MyQueue()) {
    const { id } = job.info();
    console.log(id, job.data.foo);
    await job.done();
  }
}
main();

Create queue

To create the queue use the createQueue method from the RedisSMQ client.

// migration.js
const rsmq = new RedisSMQ({
  /* host, port, ... */
});
rsmq.createQueue({ qname: "MyQueue" });

Customise

The behaviour of the iterator can be customised

// MyQueue.js
import QueueIterator from "rsmq-iterator";

class MyQueue extends QueueIterator {
  // (optional) override the name of the queue to send/receive messages to/from
  // defaults to the class name
  queueName = "MyQueue";

  // (optional) custom message serialization
  // the default is JSON.stringify
  async serialize(message) {
    return super.serialize(message);
  }

  // (optional) custom message serialization
  // the default is JSON.parse
  async deserialize(message) {
    return super.deserialize(message);
  }
}