# Asynq [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/hibiken/asynq.svg?token=paqzfpSkF4p23s5Ux39b&branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/hibiken/asynq) [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-green.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) [![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/hibiken/asynq)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/hibiken/asynq) [![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/hibiken/asynq?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/github.com/hibiken/asynq) [![Gitter chat](https://badges.gitter.im/go-asynq/gitter.svg)](https://gitter.im/go-asynq/community) [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/hibiken/asynq/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/hibiken/asynq) Asynq is a simple Go library for queueing tasks and processing them in the background with workers. It is backed by Redis and it is designed to have a low barrier to entry. It should be integrated in your web stack easily. **Important Note**: Current major version is zero (v0.x.x) to accomodate rapid development and fast iteration while getting early feedback from users. The public API could change without a major version update before v1.0.0 release. ![Gif](/docs/assets/demo.gif) ## Installation To install `asynq` library, run the following command: ```sh go get -u github.com/hibiken/asynq ``` ## Quickstart First, make sure you are running a Redis server locally. ```sh $ redis-server ``` To create and schedule tasks, use `Client` and provide a task and when to enqueue the task. ```go func main() { r := &asynq.RedisClientOpt{ Addr: "127.0.0.1:6379", } client := asynq.NewClient(r) // Create a task with task type and payload t1 := asynq.NewTask("email:signup", map[string]interface{}{"user_id": 42}) t2 := asynq.NewTask("email:reminder", map[string]interface{}{"user_id": 42}) // Process immediately err := client.Enqueue(t1) // Process 24 hrs later err = client.EnqueueIn(24*time.Hour, t2) // Process at specified time. target := time.Date(2020, time.March, 6, 10, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC) err = client.EnqueueAt(target, t2) // Pass options to specify processing behavior for a given task. // // MaxRetry specifies the maximum number of times this task will be retried (Default is 25). // Queue specifies which queue to enqueue this task to (Default is "default"). // Timeout specifies the the timeout for the task's context (Default is no timeout). err = client.Enqueue(t1, asynq.MaxRetry(10), asynq.Queue("critical"), asynq.Timeout(time.Minute)) } ``` To start the background workers, use `Background` and provide your `Handler` to process the tasks. `Handler` is an interface with one method `ProcessTask` with the following signature. ```go // ProcessTask should return nil if the processing of a task // is successful. // // If ProcessTask return a non-nil error or panics, the task // will be retried after delay. type Handler interface { ProcessTask(context.Context, *asynq.Task) error } ``` You can optionally use `ServeMux` to create a handler, just as you would with `"net/http"` Handler. ```go func main() { r := &asynq.RedisClientOpt{ Addr: "127.0.0.1:6379", } bg := asynq.NewBackground(r, &asynq.Config{ // Specify how many concurrent workers to use Concurrency: 10, // Optionally specify multiple queues with different priority. Queues: map[string]int{ "critical": 6, "default": 3, "low": 1, }, // See the godoc for other configuration options }) mux := asynq.NewServeMux() mux.HandleFunc("email:signup", signupEmailHandler) mux.HandleFunc("email:reminder", reminderEmailHandler) // ...register other handlers... bg.Run(mux) } // function with the same signature as the ProcessTask method for the Handler interface. func signupEmailHandler(ctx context.Context, t *asynq.Task) error { id, err := t.Payload.GetInt("user_id") if err != nil { return err } fmt.Printf("Send welcome email to user %d\n", id) // ...your email sending logic... return nil } ``` For a more detailed walk-through of the library, see our [Getting Started Guide](https://github.com/hibiken/asynq/wiki/Getting-Started). To Learn more about `asynq` features and APIs, see our [Wiki pages](https://github.com/hibiken/asynq/wiki) and [godoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/hibiken/asynq). ## Requirements | Dependency | Version | | -------------------------- | ------- | | [Redis](https://redis.io/) | v2.8+ | | [Go](https://golang.org/) | v1.12+ | ## Command Line Tool Asynq ships with a command line tool to inspect the state of queues and tasks. To install, run the following command: ```sh go get -u github.com/hibiken/asynq/tools/asynqmon ``` For details on how to use the tool, refer to the tool's [README](/tools/asynqmon/README.md). ## Contributing We are open to, and grateful for, any contributions (Github issues/pull-requests, feedback on Gitter channel, etc) made by the community. Please see the [Contribution Guide](/CONTRIBUTING.md) before contributing. ## Acknowledgements - [Sidekiq](https://github.com/mperham/sidekiq) : Many of the design ideas are taken from sidekiq and its Web UI - [RQ](https://github.com/rq/rq) : Client APIs are inspired by rq library. - [Cobra](https://github.com/spf13/cobra) : Asynqmon CLI is built with cobra ## License Asynq is released under the MIT license. See [LICENSE](https://github.com/hibiken/asynq/blob/master/LICENSE).