circuit breaker is a node.js implementation of the Circuit Breaker pattern. When properly configured it can aid in providing stability and prevent cascading failures in distributed systems.
npm install circuitbreaker
See the examples for more working sample code.
var circuitBreaker = require('circuitbreaker');
var loadDataFromRemoteServer = function (id, callback) {
if (id < 0) {
return callback(new Error('error loading data ' + id));
} else {
return callback(null, 'data for id ' + id);
}
};
var breaker = circuitBreaker(loadDataFromRemoteServer, {timeout: 10, maxFailures: 3, resetTimeout: 30});
breaker(23).then(console.log);
breaker(-1).fail(console.log);
breaker(-1).fail(console.log);
breaker(-1).fail(console.log);
breaker(32).fail(function(err) {
console.log('failed because breaker is open', err);
});
setTimeout(function () {
breaker(32).then(function (data) {
console.log('loaded data because circuit reset after timeout: ', data);
});
}, 35);(The MIT License)
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