queue-me v0.0.2

JobQueue for PostgreSQL

A simple, multi-instance job queue library built on top of PostgreSQL.

All credit goes to ChatGPT

This is an experiment. README and most code generated by ChatGPT and/or OpenAI API

Features

• JSON payload support for jobs.
• Cross-process, multi-instance capable.
• Producer and Consumer roles.
• Async job processing.
• Event-driven architecture.

Installation

npm install --save queue-me

API

JobQueue

new JobQueue(name: string, connectionString: string)

Creates a new JobQueue instance.

init()

Initializes the job queue table in the database.

enqueue(payload: object) -> Promise<number>

Enqueues a new job and returns its ID.

markCompleted(id: number, result: object)

Marks a job as completed and stores the result.

listenForCompletion()

Listens for job completion events.

JobConsumer

new JobConsumer(queue: JobQueue, processFunc: Function)

Creates a new JobConsumer linked to a JobQueue.

• processFunc(payload: object) -> Promise<object>: Function to process each job.

start()

Starts consuming jobs from the queue.

stop()

Stops consuming jobs.

Events

'completed'

Emitted when a job is completed.

• result: object: The result object of the completed job.

Example:

const { JobQueue, JobConsumer } = require('./jobQueue');

const queue = new JobQueue('my_queue', 'postgresql://localhost/mydb');
await queue.init();

const consumer = new JobConsumer(queue, async (payload) => {
  return { success: true };
});
consumer.start();