From e84bfe3ab6b88666818de353ad28e2333a3dec0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MikeMwita <mwitamike8@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 23:29:05 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] add backoff retry logic

---
 pkg/sms/sms_sender.go | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pkg/sms/sms_sender.go b/pkg/sms/sms_sender.go
index 067c8d5..1b6626e 100644
--- a/pkg/sms/sms_sender.go
+++ b/pkg/sms/sms_sender.go
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ package sms
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 )
 
 type SmsSender struct {
@@ -141,3 +143,17 @@ func (s *SmsSender) SendSMS() (SmsSenderResponse, error) {
 
 	return smsSenderResponse, fmt.Errorf("status code: %d", res.StatusCode)
 }
+// Retry sends an SMS with exponential backoff
+func (s *SmsSender) RetrySendSMS(maxRetries int) (SmsSenderResponse, error) {
+	for retry := 0; retry < maxRetries; retry++ {
+			response, err := s.SendSMS()
+			if err == nil {
+					return response, nil
+			}
+
+			delay := time.Duration(1<<uint(retry)) * time.Second
+			time.Sleep(delay)
+	}
+
+	return SmsSenderResponse{}, fmt.Errorf("max retries reached")
+}
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