node-resque/examples/simpleWorker.js

an opinionated implementation of resque in node

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// REQUIRE THE PACKAGE //
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var NR = require(__dirname + "/../index.js");
// In your projects: var NR = require("node-resque");

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// SET UP THE CONNECTION //
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var connectionDetails = {
  package:   "redis",
  host:      "127.0.0.1",
  password:  "",
  port:      6379,
  database:  0,
  // namespace: "resque",
  // looping: true
}

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// START A WORKER //
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var jobs = {
  "add": {
    plugins: [],
    pluginOptions: {},
    perform: function(a,b,callback){
      console.log("got job");
      callback(null, answer);
    },
  }
};

var worker = new NR.worker({connection: connectionDetails, queues: ['*']}, jobs, function(){
  worker.workerCleanup(); // optional: cleanup any previous improperly shutdown workers on this host
  worker.start();
});

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// REGESTER FOR EVENTS //
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worker.on('start',           function(){ console.log("worker started"); })
worker.on('end',             function(){ console.log("worker ended"); })
worker.on('cleaning_worker', function(worker, pid){ console.log("cleaning old worker " + worker); })
worker.on('poll',            function(queue){ console.log("worker polling " + queue); })
worker.on('job',             function(queue, job){ console.log("working job " + queue + " " + JSON.stringify(job)); })
worker.on('reEnqueue',       function(queue, job, plugin){ console.log("reEnqueue job (" + plugin + ") " + queue + " " + JSON.stringify(job)); })
worker.on('success',         function(queue, job, result){ console.log("job success " + queue + " " + JSON.stringify(job) + " >> " + result); })
worker.on('failure',         function(queue, job, failure){ console.log("job failure " + queue + " " + JSON.stringify(job) + " >> " + failure); })
worker.on('error',           function(queue, job, error){ console.log("error " + queue + " " + JSON.stringify(job) + " >> " + error); })
worker.on('pause',           function(){ console.log("worker paused"); })