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defmodule Oban do
@moduledoc """
Oban isn't an application and won't be started automatically. It is started by a supervisor that
must be included in your application's supervision tree. All of your configuration is passed
into the `Oban` supervisor, allowing you to configure Oban like the rest of your application.
```elixir
# confg/config.exs
config :my_app, Oban,
repo: MyApp.Repo,
queues: [default: 10, events: 50, media: 20]
# lib/my_app/application.ex
defmodule MyApp.Application do
@moduledoc false
use Application
alias MyApp.{Endpoint, Repo}
def start(_type, _args) do
children = [
Repo,
Endpoint,
{Oban, Application.get_env(:my_app, Oban)}
]
Supervisor.start_link(children, strategy: :one_for_one, name: MyApp.Supervisor)
end
end
```
### Configuring Queues
Queues are specified as a keyword list where the key is the name of the queue
and the value is the maximum number of concurrent jobs. The following
configuration would start four queues with concurrency ranging from 5 to 50:
```elixir
queues: [default: 10, mailers: 20, events: 50, media: 5]
```
There isn't a limit to the number of queues or how many jobs may execute
concurrently. Here are a few caveats and guidelines:
* Each queue will run as many jobs as possible concurrently, up to the
configured limit. Make sure your system has enough resources (i.e. database
connections) to handle the concurrent load.
* Only jobs in the configured queues will execute. Jobs in any other queue
will stay in the database untouched.
* Be careful how many concurrent jobs make expensive system calls (i.e. FFMpeg,
ImageMagick). The BEAM ensures that the system stays responsive under load,
but those guarantees don't apply when using ports or shelling out commands.
### Creating Workers
Worker modules do the work of processing a job. At a minimum they must define a
`perform/1` function, which is called with an `args` map.
Define a worker to process jobs in the `events` queue:
```elixir
defmodule MyApp.Workers.Business do
use Oban.Worker, queue: "events", max_attempts: 10
@impl Oban.Worker
def perform(%{"id" => id}) do
model = MyApp.Repo.get(MyApp.Business.Man, id)
IO.inspect(model)
end
end
```
The return value of `perform/1` doesn't matter and is entirely ignored. If the
job raises an exception or throws an exit then the error will be reported and
the job will be retried (provided there are attempts remaining).
See `Oban.Worker` for more details and instructions on configuring custom
backoff strategies.
### Enqueueing Jobs
Jobs are simply `Ecto` structs and are enqueued by inserting them into the
database. Here we insert a job into the `default` queue and specify the worker
by module name:
```elixir
%{id: 1, user_id: 2}
|> Oban.Job.new(queue: :default, worker: MyApp.Worker)
|> MyApp.Repo.insert()
```
For convenience and consistency all workers implement a `new/2` function that
converts an args map into a job changeset suitable for inserting into the
database:
```elixir
%{in_the: "business", of_doing: "business"}
|> MyApp.Workers.Business.new()
|> MyApp.Repo.insert()
```
The worker's defaults may be overridden by passing options:
```elixir
%{vote_for: "none of the above"}
|> MyApp.Workers.Business.new(queue: "special", max_attempts: 5)
|> MyApp.Repo.insert()
```
Jobs may be scheduled down to the second any time in the future:
```elixir
%{id: 1}
|> MyApp.Workers.Business.new(schedule_in: 5)
|> MyApp.Repo.insert()
```
See `Oban.Job.new/2` for a full list of job options.
## Testing
As noted in the Usage section above there are some guidelines for running tests:
* Disable all job dispatching by setting `queues: false` or `queues: nil` in your `test.exs`
config. Keyword configuration is deep merged, so setting `queues: []` won't have any effect.
* Disable pruning via `prune: :disabled`. Pruning isn't necessary in testing mode because jobs
created within the sandbox are rolled back at the end of the test. Additionally, the periodic
pruning queries will raise `DBConnection.OwnershipError` when the application boots.
* Be sure to use the Ecto Sandbox for testing. Oban makes use of database pubsub
events to dispatch jobs, but pubsub events never fire within a transaction.
Since sandbox tests run within a transaction no events will fire and jobs
won't be dispatched.
```elixir
config :my_app, MyApp.Repo, pool: Ecto.Adapters.SQL.Sandbox
```
Oban provides some helpers to facilitate testing. The helpers handle the
boilerplate of making assertions on which jobs are enqueued. To use the
`assert_enqueued/1` and `refute_enqueued/1` helpers in your tests you must
include them in your testing module and specify your app's Ecto repo:
```elixir
use Oban.Testing, repo: MyApp.Repo
```
Now you can assert or refute that jobs have been enqueued within your tests:
```elixir
assert_enqueued worker: MyWorker, args: %{id: 1}
# or
refute_enqueued queue: "special", args: %{id: 2}
```
See the `Oban.Testing` module for more details on making assertions.
## Integration Testing
During integration testing it may be necessary to run jobs because they do work essential for
the test to complete, i.e. sending an email, processing media, etc. You can execute all
available jobs in a particular queue by calling `Oban.drain_queue/1` directly from your tests.
For example, to process all pending jobs in the "mailer" queue while testing some business
logic:
```elixir
defmodule MyApp.BusinessTest do
use MyApp.DataCase, async: true
alias MyApp.{Business, Worker}
test "we stay in the business of doing business" do
:ok = Business.schedule_a_meeting(%{email: "monty@brewster.com"})
assert %{success: 1, failure: 0} == Oban.drain_queue(:mailer)
# Make an assertion about the email delivery
end
end
```
See `Oban.drain_queue/1` for additional details.
## Error Handling
When a job raises an error or exits during execution the details are recorded within the
`errors` array on the job. Provided the number of execution attempts is below the configured
`max_attempts`, the job will automatically be retried in the future. The retry delay has a
quadratic backoff, meaning the job's second attempt will be after 16s, third after 31s, fourth
after 1m 36s, etc.
### Error Details
Execution errors are stored as a formatted exception along with metadata about when the failure
ocurred and which attempt caused it. Each error is stored with the following keys:
* `at` The utc timestamp when the error occurred at
* `attempt` The attempt number when the error ocurred
* `error` A formatted error message and stacktrace
See the [Instrumentation](#module-instrumentation) docs below for an example of integrating with
external error reporting systems.
### Limiting Retries
By default jobs will be retried up to 20 times. The number of retries is controlled by the
`max_attempts` value, which can be set at the Worker or Job level. For example, to instruct a
worker to discard jobs after three failures:
use Oban.Worker, queue: "limited", max_attempts: 3
## Pruning Historic Jobs
Job stats and queue introspection is built on keeping job rows in the database after they have
completed. This allows administrators to review completed jobs and build informative aggregates,
but at the expense of storage and an unbounded table size. To prevent the `oban_jobs` table from
growing indefinitely, Oban provides active pruning of `completed` jobs.
By default, pruning is disabled. To enable pruning we configure a supervision tree with the
`:prune` option. There are three distinct modes of pruning:
* `:disabled` - This is the default, where no pruning happens at all
* `{:maxlen, count}` - Pruning is based on the number of rows in the table, any rows beyond
the configured `count` will be deleted
* `{:maxage, seconds}` - Pruning is based on a row's age, any rows older than the configured
number of `seconds` will be deleted. The age unit is always specified in seconds, but values
on the scale of days, weeks or months are perfectly acceptable.
Pruning is best-effort and performed out-of-band. This means that all limits are soft; jobs
beyond a specified length or age may not be pruned immediately after jobs complete. Prune timing
is based on the configured `prune_interval`, which is one minute by default.
Only jobs in a `completed` or `discarded` state will be deleted. Currently `executing` jobs and
older jobs that are still in the `available` state will be retained.
## Instrumentation & Logging
Oban provides integration with [Telemetry][tele], a dispatching library for metrics. It is easy
to report Oban metrics to any backend by attaching to `:oban` events.
For instructions on using the default structured logger and information on event metadata see
docs for the `Oban.Telemetry` module.
[tele]: https://hexdocs.pm/telemetry
"""
use Supervisor
alias Oban.{Config, Notifier, Pruner}
alias Oban.Queue.Producer
alias Oban.Queue.Supervisor, as: QueueSupervisor
@type option ::
{:name, module()}
| {:node, binary()}
| {:poll_interval, pos_integer()}
| {:prune, :disabled | {:maxlen, pos_integer()} | {:maxage, pos_integer()}}
| {:queues, [{atom(), pos_integer()}]}
| {:repo, module()}
| {:shutdown_grace_period, timeout()}
@doc """
Starts an `Oban` supervision tree linked to the current process.
## Options
* `:name` — used for name supervisor registration
* `:node` — used to identify the node that the supervision tree is running in. If no value is
provided it will use the `node` name in a distributed system, the `hostname` in an isolated
node. See "Node Name" below.
* `:repo` — specifies the Ecto repo used to insert and retreive jobs.
* `:queues` — a keyword list where the keys are queue names and the values are the concurrency
setting. For example, setting queues to `[default: 10, exports: 5]` would start the queues
`default` and `exports` with a combined concurrency level of 20. The concurrency setting
specifies how many jobs _each queue_ will run concurrently.
For testing purposes `:queues` may be set to `false` or `nil`, which effectively disables all
job dispatching.
* `:poll_interval` - the number of milliseconds between polling for new jobs in a queue. This
is directly tied to the resolution of _scheduled_ jobs. For example, with a `poll_interval` of
`5_000ms`, scheduled jobs are checked every 5 seconds. The default is `1_000ms`.
* `:prune` - configures job pruning behavior, see "Pruning Historic Jobs" for more information
* `:prune_interval` — the number of milliseconds between calls to prune historic jobs. The
default is `60_000ms`, or one minute.
* `:shutdown_grace_period` - the amount of time a queue will wait for executing jobs to complete
before hard shutdown, specified in milliseconds. The default is `15_000`, or 15 seconds.
Note that any options passed to `start_link` will override options set through the `using` macro.
## Examples
To start an `Oban` supervisor within an application's supervision tree:
def start(_type, _args) do
children = [MyApp.Repo, {Oban, queues: [default: 50]}]
Supervisor.start_link(children, strategy: :one_for_one, name: MyApp.Supervisor)
end
## Node Name
When the `node` value hasn't been configured it will be generated based on the environment:
* In a distributed system the node name is used
* In a Heroku environment the system environment's `DYNO` value is used
* Otherwise, the system hostname is used
"""
@spec start_link([option()]) :: Supervisor.on_start()
def start_link(opts) when is_list(opts) do
conf =
opts
|> Keyword.put(:queues, Keyword.get(opts, :queues) || [])
|> Config.new()
Supervisor.start_link(__MODULE__, conf, name: conf.name)
end
@impl Supervisor
def init(%Config{queues: queues} = conf) do
children = [
{Config, conf: conf, name: Config},
{Pruner, conf: conf, name: Pruner},
{Notifier, conf: conf, name: Notifier}
]
children = children ++ Enum.map(queues, &queue_spec(&1, conf))
Supervisor.init(children, strategy: :one_for_one)
end
defp queue_spec({queue, limit}, conf) do
queue = to_string(queue)
name = Module.concat([conf.name, "Queue", String.capitalize(queue)])
opts = [conf: conf, queue: queue, limit: limit, name: name]
Supervisor.child_spec({QueueSupervisor, opts}, id: name)
end
@doc """
Retreive the current config struct.
"""
defdelegate config, to: Config, as: :get
@doc """
Synchronously execute all available jobs in a queue. All execution happens within the current
process and it is guaranteed not to raise an error or exit.
Draining a queue from within the current process is especially useful for testing. Jobs that are
enqueued by a process when Ecto is in sandbox mode are only visible to that process. Calling
`drain_queue/1` allows you to control when the jobs are executed and to wait synchronously for
all jobs to complete.
## Failures & Retries
Draining a queue uses the same execution mechanism as regular job dispatch. That means that any
job failures or crashes will be captured and result in a retry. Retries are scheduled in the
future with backoff and won't be retried immediately.
Exceptions are _not_ raised in to the calling process. If you expect jobs to fail, would like to
track failures, or need to check for specific errors you can use one of these mechanisms:
* Check for side effects from job execution
* Use telemetry events to track success and failure
* Check the database for jobs with errors
## Example
Drain a queue with three available jobs, two of which succeed and one of which fails:
Oban.drain_queue(:default)
%{success: 2, failure: 1}
"""
@spec drain_queue(queue :: atom() | binary()) :: %{
success: non_neg_integer(),
failure: non_neg_integer()
}
def drain_queue(queue) when is_atom(queue) or is_binary(queue) do
Producer.drain(to_string(queue), config())
end
@doc """
Pause a running queue, preventing it from executing any new jobs. All running jobs will remain
running until they are finished.
When shutdown begins all queues are paused.
## Example
Pause the default queue:
Oban.pause_queue(:default)
:ok
"""
@spec pause_queue(queue :: atom()) :: :ok
defdelegate pause_queue(queue), to: Notifier
@doc """
Resume executing jobs in a paused queue.
## Example
Resume a paused default queue:
Oban.resume_queue(:default)
:ok
"""
@spec resume_queue(queue :: atom()) :: :ok
defdelegate resume_queue(queue), to: Notifier
@doc """
Scale the concurrency for a queue.
## Example
Scale a queue up, triggering immediate execution of queued jobs:
Oban.scale_queue(:default, 50)
:ok
Scale the queue back down, allowing executing jobs to finish:
Oban.scale_queue(:default, 5)
:ok
"""
@spec scale_queue(queue :: atom(), scale :: pos_integer()) :: :ok
defdelegate scale_queue(queue, scale), to: Notifier
@doc """
Kill an actively executing job and mark it as `discarded`, ensuring that it won't be retried.
If the job happens to fail before it can be killed the state is set to `discarded`. However,
if it manages to complete successfully then the state will still be `completed`.
## Example
Kill a long running job with an id of `1`:
Oban.kill_job(1)
:ok
"""
@spec kill_job(job_id :: pos_integer()) :: :ok
defdelegate kill_job(job_id), to: Notifier
end