@parzh/retryable

Convenience function to retry executing an action, until a desired result is achieved

Installation

``
npm i @parzh/retryable
`

`
yarn add @parzh/retryable
`

Usage

`js
const content = await retryable((resolve, reject, retry) => {
fs.readfile("/path/to/file", (err, data) => {
if (!err)
// no errors occured
return resolve(data);

// here: an error occured

if (retry.count >= RETRY_LIMIT)
if (SHOULD_IGNORE_RETRY_LIMIT)
// retry limit reached, but ignored
retry.setCount(0);

else
// retry limit reached
return reject("Retry limit reached!");

// here: retry limit is ignored or not reached

if (SHOULD_RETRY_IMMEDIATELY)
// retrying immediately
retry();

else
// retrying after exponential backoff (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_backoff)
retry.after("exponential"); // same as: retry.after(2 * retry.count 100);
});
});
``