Node.js - queue.dequeue()

Dequeue messages.

import { queue } from '@nitric/sdk'

const batchQueue = queue('batch').for('dequeue')

const tasks = await batchQueue.dequeue()

await Promise.all(
  tasks.map((task) => {
    // Work on a task...

    // Complete the task
    return task.complete()
  })
)

Parameters

Notes

Completing dequeued items

Since the process is asynchronous the queue doesn't know when a message has been processed. This ensures failed services/containers don't result in lost message, since messages are not removed from a queue when they're dequeued.

Instead, messages are hidden and requesters are granted a temporary lease for each message they request.

When processing is complete, the requester must tell the queue the task was completed successfully, which will remove it from the queue and stop it being reprocessed.

To notify the queue that a message was completed call the complete() method on the dequeued message reference.

Dequeue depth

When calling dequeue() a depth parameter can be provided, e.g. dequeue(5). This will attempt to dequeue up to 5 messages from the queue.

However, if the queue is empty or less than 5 messages are available on the queue, then the maximum that are currently available will be returned.

This means calls to dequeue will return between 0 and depth tasks.

Examples

Dequeue and complete messages

import { queue } from '@nitric/sdk'

const batchQueue = queue('batch').for('dequeue')

const tasks = await batchQueue.dequeue(10)

await Promise.all(
  tasks.map((task) => {
    // Work on a task...

    // Complete the task
    return task.complete()
  })
)