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Robust job processing, backed by modern PostgreSQL, SQLite3, and MySQL.
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lib/oban/worker.ex
defmodule Oban.Worker do
@moduledoc """
Defines a behavior and macro to guide the creation of worker modules.
Worker modules do the work of processing a job. At a minimum they must define a `perform/2`
function, which is called with an `args` map and the full `Oban.Job` struct.
## Defining Workers
Worker modules are defined by using `Oban.Worker`. A bare `use Oban.Worker` invocation sets a
worker with these defaults:
* `:max_attempts` — 20
* `:priority` — 0
* `:queue` — `:default`
* `:unique` — no uniquness set
The following example demonstrates defining a worker module to process jobs in the `events`
queue. It also dials down the priority from 0 to 1, limits retrying on failures to 10, adds a
"business" tag, and ensures that duplicate jobs aren't enqueued within a 30 second period:
defmodule MyApp.Workers.Business do
use Oban.Worker,
queue: :events,
max_attempts: 10,
priority: 1,
tags: ["business"],
unique: [period: 30]
@impl Oban.Worker
def perform(_args, %Oban.Job{attempt: attempt}) when attempt > 3 do
IO.inspect(attempt)
end
def perform(args, _job) do
IO.inspect(args)
end
end
The `perform/2` function receives an args map and an `Oban.Job` struct as arguments. This
allows workers to change the behavior of `perform/2` based on attributes of the Job, e.g. the
number of attempts or when it was inserted.
A job is considered complete if `perform/2` returns a non-error value, and it doesn't raise an
exception or have an unhandled exit.
Any of these return values or error events will fail the job:
* return `{:error, error}`
* an unhandled exception
* an unhandled exit or throw
As an example of error tuple handling, this worker may return an error tuple when the value is
less than one:
defmodule MyApp.Workers.ErrorExample do
use Oban.Worker
@impl Worker
def perform(%{"value" => value}, _job) do
if value > 1 do
:ok
else
{:error, "invalid value given: " <> inspect(value)}
end
end
end
## Enqueuing Jobs
All workers implement a `new/2` function that converts an args map into a job changeset
suitable for inserting into the database for later execution:
%{in_the: "business", of_doing: "business"}
|> MyApp.Workers.Business.new()
|> Oban.insert()
The worker's defaults may be overridden by passing options:
%{vote_for: "none of the above"}
|> MyApp.Workers.Business.new(queue: "special", max_attempts: 5)
|> Oban.insert()
Uniqueness options may also be overridden by passing options:
%{expensive: "business"}
|> MyApp.Workers.Business.new(unique: [period: 120, fields: [:worker]])
|> Oban.insert()
Note that `unique` options aren't merged, they are overridden entirely.
See `Oban.Job` for all available options.
## Customizing Backoff
When jobs fail they may be retried again in the future using a backoff algorithm. By default
the backoff is exponential with a fixed padding of 15 seconds. This may be too aggressive for
jobs that are resource intensive or need more time between retries. To make backoff scheduling
flexible a worker module may define a custom backoff function.
This worker defines a backoff function that delays retries using a variant of the historic
Resque/Sidekiq algorithm:
defmodule MyApp.SidekiqBackoffWorker do
use Oban.Worker
@impl Worker
def backoff(attempt) do
:math.pow(attempt, 4) + 15 + :rand.uniform(30) * attempt
end
@impl Worker
def perform(_args, _job) do
:do_business
end
end
Here are some alternative backoff strategies to consider:
* **constant** — delay by a fixed number of seconds, e.g. 1→15, 2→15, 3→15
* **linear** — delay for the same number of seconds as the current attempt, e.g. 1→1, 2→2, 3→3
* **squared** — delay by attempt number squared, e.g. 1→1, 2→4, 3→9
* **sidekiq** — delay by a base amount plus some jitter, e.g. 1→32, 2→61, 3→135
"""
@moduledoc since: "0.1.0"
alias Oban.Job
@doc """
Build a job changeset for this worker with optional overrides.
See `Oban.Job.new/2` for the available options.
"""
@callback new(args :: Job.args(), opts :: [Job.option()]) :: Ecto.Changeset.t()
@doc """
Calculate the execution backoff, or the number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed job.
"""
@callback backoff(attempt :: pos_integer()) :: pos_integer()
@doc """
The `perform/2` function is called when the job is executed.
Note that when Oban calls `perform/2`, the `args` map given when enqueueing the job will have
been deserialized from the PostgreSQL `jsonb` data type and therefore map keys will have been
converted to strings.
The value returned from `perform/2` is ignored, unless it returns an `{:error, reason}` tuple.
With an error return or when perform has an uncaught exception or throw then the error will be
reported and the job will be retried (provided there are attempts remaining).
"""
@callback perform(args :: Job.args(), job :: Job.t()) :: term()
@doc false
defmacro __using__(opts) do
quote location: :keep do
alias Oban.{Job, Worker}
@after_compile Worker
@behaviour Worker
@doc false
def __opts__ do
Keyword.put(unquote(opts), :worker, to_string(__MODULE__))
end
@impl Worker
def new(args, opts \\ []) when is_map(args) and is_list(opts) do
Job.new(args, Keyword.merge(__opts__(), opts, &Worker.resolve_opts/3))
end
@impl Worker
def backoff(attempt) when is_integer(attempt) do
Worker.default_backoff(attempt)
end
defoverridable Worker
end
end
@doc false
defmacro __after_compile__(%{module: module}, _) do
Enum.each(module.__opts__(), &validate_opt!/1)
end
@doc false
def resolve_opts(:unique, [_ | _] = opts_1, [_ | _] = opts_2) do
Keyword.merge(opts_1, opts_2)
end
def resolve_opts(_key, _opts, opts), do: opts
@doc false
@spec default_backoff(pos_integer(), non_neg_integer()) :: pos_integer()
def default_backoff(attempt, base_backoff \\ 15) when is_integer(attempt) do
trunc(:math.pow(2, attempt) + base_backoff)
end
defp validate_opt!({:max_attempts, max_attempts}) do
unless is_integer(max_attempts) and max_attempts > 0 do
raise ArgumentError,
"expected :max_attempts to be a positive integer, got: #{inspect(max_attempts)}"
end
end
defp validate_opt!({:priority, priority}) do
unless is_integer(priority) and priority > -1 and priority < 4 do
raise ArgumentError,
"expected :priority to be an integer from 0 to 3, got: #{inspect(priority)}"
end
end
defp validate_opt!({:queue, queue}) do
unless is_atom(queue) or is_binary(queue) do
raise ArgumentError, "expected :queue to be an atom or a binary, got: #{inspect(queue)}"
end
end
defp validate_opt!({:tags, tags}) do
unless is_list(tags) and Enum.all?(tags, &is_binary/1) do
raise ArgumentError, "expected :tags to be a list of strings, got: #{inspect(tags)}"
end
end
defp validate_opt!({:unique, unique}) do
unless is_list(unique) and Enum.all?(unique, &Job.valid_unique_opt?/1) do
raise ArgumentError, "unexpected unique options: #{inspect(unique)}"
end
end
defp validate_opt!({:worker, worker}) do
unless is_binary(worker) do
raise ArgumentError, "expected :worker to be a binary, got: #{inspect(worker)}"
end
end
defp validate_opt!(option) do
raise ArgumentError, "unknown option provided #{inspect(option)}"
end
end