nsq.js

JavaScript NSQ client WIP.

Features

• actually written in js :p
• easier debugging via debug() instrumentation
• native json message support
• does not arbitrarily apply backoff on requeues
• disabling of auto-RDY support for manual control (high throughput etc)
• reconnection to dead nsqd nodes
• graceful close support

Installation

$ npm install nsq.js

About

Debugging

The DEBUG environment variable can be used to enable traces within the module, for example all nsq debug() calls except fo the framer:

$ DEBUG=nsq*,-nsq:framer node test

nsq:reader connect nsqd 0.0.0.0:4150 events/ingestion [5] +0ms
nsq:connection connect: 0.0.0.0:4150 V2 +0ms
nsq:connection command: IDENTIFY null +2ms
nsq:connection command: SUB ["events","ingestion"] +1ms
nsq:connection command: RDY [5] +0ms
nsq:connection connect: undefined:4150 V2 +0ms
nsq:connection command: IDENTIFY null +1ms
nsq:connection command: PUB ["events"] +0ms
nsq:reconnect reset backoff +0ms
nsq:reconnect reset backoff +1ms
nsq:connection response OK +3ms
nsq:connection response OK +0ms
nsq:connection response OK +0ms

Requeue backoff

The NSQD documentation recommends applying backoff when requeueing implying that the consumer is faulty, IMO this is a weird default, and the opposite of what we need so it's not applied in this client.

Example

var nsq = require('nsq.js');

// subscribe

var reader = nsq.reader({
  nsqd: [':4150'],
  maxInFlight: 1,
  maxAttempts: 5,
  topic: 'events',
  channel: 'ingestion'
});

reader.on('error', function(err){
  console.log(err.stack);
});

reader.on('message', function(msg){
  var body = msg.body.toString();
  console.log('%s attempts=%s', body, msg.attempts);
  msg.requeue(2000);
});

reader.on('discard', function(msg){
  var body = msg.body.toString();
  console.log('giving up on %s', body);
  msg.finish();
});

// publish

var writer = nsq.writer(':4150');

writer.on('ready', function() {
  writer.publish('events', 'foo');
  writer.publish('events', 'bar');
  writer.publish('events', 'baz');
});

API

nsq.reader(options)

Create a reader:

• id connection identifier (see client_id in the spec)
• topic topic name
• channel channel name
• nsqd array of nsqd addresses
• nsqlookupd array of nsqlookupd addresses
• maxAttempts max attempts before discarding [Infinity]
• maxConnectionAttempts max reconnection attempts [Infinity]
• maxInFlight max messages distributed across connections [10]
• msgTimeout session-specific msg timeout
• pollInterval nsqlookupd poll interval[10000]
• ready when false auto-RDY maintenance will be disabled
• trace trace function

Events:

• message (msg) incoming message
• discard (msg) discarded message
• error response (err) response from nsq
• error (err)

reader#close([fn])

Close the reader's connection(s) and fire the optional [fn] when completed.

nsq.writer([options|address])

Create a writer. By default a connection attempt to 0.0.0.0:4150 will be made unless one of the following options are provided:

• port number
• host name
• nsqd array of nsqd addresses
• nsqlookupd array of nsqlookupd addresses

Events:

• error response (err) response from nsq
• error (err)

writer#publish(topic, message, [fn])

Publish the given message to topic where message may be a string, buffer, or object. An array of messages may be passed, in which case a MPUT is performed.

writer#close([fn])

Close the writer's connection(s) and fire the optional [fn] when completed.

Message

A single message.

Message#finish()

Mark message as complete.

Message#requeue([delay])

Re-queue the message immediately, or with the given delay in milliseconds, or a string such as "5s", "10m" etc.

Message#touch()

Reset the message's timeout, increasing the length of time before NSQD considers it timed out.

Message#json()

Return parsed JSON object.

Tracing

The following jstrace probes are available:

• connection:ready ready count sent
• connection:message message received
• message:finish finished a message
• message:requeue requeued a message
• message:touch touched a message

Running tests

nsqd --lookupd-tcp-address=0.0.0.0:4160 &
nsqadmin --lookupd-http-address=0.0.0.0:4161 &
nsqlookupd &
make test

License

MIT