Allow user to define a max retry count for a task

asynq.go

@@ -12,12 +12,8 @@ TODOs:
 - [P0] Go docs + CONTRIBUTION.md + Github issue template + License comment
 - [P0] Redis Sentinel support
 - [P1] Add Support for multiple queues and priority
-- [P1] User defined max-retry count
 */
 
-// Max retry count by default
-const defaultMaxRetry = 25
-
 // Task represents a task to be performed.
 type Task struct {
 	// Type indicates the kind of the task to be performed.

asynq_test.go

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/go-redis/redis/v7"
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/cmpopts"
 	"github.com/hibiken/asynq/internal/rdb"
 	"github.com/rs/xid"
 )
@@ -30,6 +31,12 @@ const (
 	inProgressQ = "asynq:in_progress"     // LIST
 )
 
+// scheduledEntry represents an item in redis sorted set (aka ZSET).
+type sortedSetEntry struct {
+	msg   *rdb.TaskMessage
+	score int64
+}
+
 func setup(t *testing.T) *redis.Client {
 	t.Helper()
 	r := redis.NewClient(&redis.Options{
@@ -59,6 +66,16 @@ var sortMsgOpt = cmp.Transformer("SortMsg", func(in []*rdb.TaskMessage) []*rdb.T
 	return out
 })
 
+var sortZSetEntryOpt = cmp.Transformer("SortZSetEntry", func(in []sortedSetEntry) []sortedSetEntry {
+	out := append([]sortedSetEntry(nil), in...) // Copy input to avoid mutating it
+	sort.Slice(out, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return out[i].msg.ID.String() < out[j].msg.ID.String()
+	})
+	return out
+})
+
+var ignoreIDOpt = cmpopts.IgnoreFields(rdb.TaskMessage{}, "ID")
+
 func randomTask(taskType, qname string, payload map[string]interface{}) *rdb.TaskMessage {
 	return &rdb.TaskMessage{
 		ID:      xid.New(),

client.go

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ package asynq
 import (
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/rs/xid"
 	"github.com/hibiken/asynq/internal/rdb"
+	"github.com/rs/xid"
 )
 
 // A Client is responsible for scheduling tasks.
@@ -23,17 +23,59 @@ func NewClient(cfg *RedisConfig) *Client {
 	return &Client{r}
 }
 
+// Option configures the behavior of task processing.
+type Option interface{}
+
+// max number of times a task will be retried.
+type retryOption int
+
+// MaxRetry returns an option to specify the max number of times
+// a task will be retried.
+//
+// Negative retry count is treated as zero retry.
+func MaxRetry(n int) Option {
+	if n < 0 {
+		n = 0
+	}
+	return retryOption(n)
+}
+
+type option struct {
+	retry int
+}
+
+func composeOptions(opts ...Option) option {
+	res := option{
+		retry: defaultMaxRetry,
+	}
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		switch opt := opt.(type) {
+		case retryOption:
+			res.retry = int(opt)
+		default:
+			// ignore unexpected option
+		}
+	}
+	return res
+}
+
+const (
+	// Max retry count by default
+	defaultMaxRetry = 25
+)
+
 // Process registers a task to be processed at the specified time.
 //
 // Process returns nil if the task is registered successfully,
 // otherwise returns non-nil error.
-func (c *Client) Process(task *Task, processAt time.Time) error {
+func (c *Client) Process(task *Task, processAt time.Time, opts ...Option) error {
+	opt := composeOptions(opts...)
 	msg := &rdb.TaskMessage{
 		ID:      xid.New(),
 		Type:    task.Type,
 		Payload: task.Payload,
 		Queue:   "default",
-		Retry:   defaultMaxRetry,
+		Retry:   opt.retry,
 	}
 	return c.enqueue(msg, processAt)
 }

client_test.go

@@ -1,32 +1,93 @@
 package asynq
 
 import (
-	"github.com/hibiken/asynq/internal/rdb"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"github.com/hibiken/asynq/internal/rdb"
 )
 
 func TestClient(t *testing.T) {
 	r := setup(t)
 	client := &Client{rdb.NewRDB(r)}
 
+	task := &Task{Type: "send_email", Payload: map[string]interface{}{"to": "customer@gmail.com", "from": "merchant@example.com"}}
+
 	tests := []struct {
+		desc          string
 		task          *Task
 		processAt     time.Time
-		wantQueueSize     int64
+		opts          []Option
-		wantScheduledSize int64
+		wantEnqueued  []*rdb.TaskMessage
+		wantScheduled []sortedSetEntry
 	}{
 		{
-			task:              &Task{Type: "send_email", Payload: map[string]interface{}{"to": "customer@gmail.com", "from": "merchant@example.com"}},
+			desc:      "Process task immediately",
+			task:      task,
 			processAt: time.Now(),
-			wantQueueSize:     1,
+			opts:      []Option{},
-			wantScheduledSize: 0,
+			wantEnqueued: []*rdb.TaskMessage{
+				&rdb.TaskMessage{
+					Type:    task.Type,
+					Payload: task.Payload,
+					Retry:   defaultMaxRetry,
+					Queue:   "default",
+				},
+			},
+			wantScheduled: nil, // db is flushed in setup so zset does not exist hence nil
 		},
 		{
-			task:              &Task{Type: "send_email", Payload: map[string]interface{}{"to": "customer@gmail.com", "from": "merchant@example.com"}},
+			desc:         "Schedule task to be processed in the future",
+			task:         task,
 			processAt:    time.Now().Add(2 * time.Hour),
-			wantQueueSize:     0,
+			opts:         []Option{},
-			wantScheduledSize: 1,
+			wantEnqueued: nil, // db is flushed in setup so list does not exist hence nil
+			wantScheduled: []sortedSetEntry{
+				{
+					msg: &rdb.TaskMessage{
+						Type:    task.Type,
+						Payload: task.Payload,
+						Retry:   defaultMaxRetry,
+						Queue:   "default",
+					},
+					score: time.Now().Add(2 * time.Hour).Unix(),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			desc:      "Process task immediately with a custom retry count",
+			task:      task,
+			processAt: time.Now(),
+			opts: []Option{
+				MaxRetry(3),
+			},
+			wantEnqueued: []*rdb.TaskMessage{
+				&rdb.TaskMessage{
+					Type:    task.Type,
+					Payload: task.Payload,
+					Retry:   3,
+					Queue:   "default",
+				},
+			},
+			wantScheduled: nil, // db is flushed in setup so zset does not exist hence nil
+		},
+		{
+			desc:      "Negative retry count",
+			task:      task,
+			processAt: time.Now(),
+			opts: []Option{
+				MaxRetry(-2),
+			},
+			wantEnqueued: []*rdb.TaskMessage{
+				&rdb.TaskMessage{
+					Type:    task.Type,
+					Payload: task.Payload,
+					Retry:   0, // Retry count should be set to zero
+					Queue:   "default",
+				},
+			},
+			wantScheduled: nil, // db is flushed in setup so zset does not exist hence nil
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -36,18 +97,30 @@ func TestClient(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 
-		err := client.Process(tc.task, tc.processAt)
+		err := client.Process(tc.task, tc.processAt, tc.opts...)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Error(err)
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if l := r.LLen(defaultQ).Val(); l != tc.wantQueueSize {
+		gotEnqueuedRaw := r.LRange(defaultQ, 0, -1).Val()
-			t.Errorf("%q has length %d, want %d", defaultQ, l, tc.wantQueueSize)
+		gotEnqueued := mustUnmarshalSlice(t, gotEnqueuedRaw)
+		if diff := cmp.Diff(tc.wantEnqueued, gotEnqueued, ignoreIDOpt); diff != "" {
+			t.Errorf("%s;\nmismatch found in %q; (-want,+got)\n%s", tc.desc, defaultQ, diff)
 		}
 
-		if l := r.ZCard(scheduledQ).Val(); l != tc.wantScheduledSize {
+		gotScheduledRaw := r.ZRangeWithScores(scheduledQ, 0, -1).Val()
-			t.Errorf("%q has length %d, want %d", scheduledQ, l, tc.wantScheduledSize)
+		var gotScheduled []sortedSetEntry
+		for _, z := range gotScheduledRaw {
+			gotScheduled = append(gotScheduled, sortedSetEntry{
+				msg:   mustUnmarshal(t, z.Member.(string)),
+				score: int64(z.Score),
+			})
+		}
+
+		cmpOpt := cmp.AllowUnexported(sortedSetEntry{})
+		if diff := cmp.Diff(tc.wantScheduled, gotScheduled, cmpOpt, ignoreIDOpt); diff != "" {
+			t.Errorf("%s;\nmismatch found in %q; (-want,+got)\n%s", tc.desc, scheduledQ, diff)
 		}
 	}
 }