A simple job queue backed by redis and built in elixir.


Keywords
elixir, job-queue, otp, redis
License
Apache-2.0

Documentation

Bolt

Build Status Hex.pm

A simple job queue using OTP.

Installation

def deps do
  [{:bolt, "~> 0.1.9"}]
end

Usage

For more detail see the documentation.

Configure Queues

#config.ex
  config :bolt,
    queues: [{:main, SomeApp.SomeWorker, 10}, {:bg, SomeApp.SomeWorker, 2}],
    redis_url: "redis://localhost:6379",
    port: 3000

Define a Worker

  defmodule SomeApp.SomeWorker do
    @behaviour Bolt.Worker
    def work(params) do
      #Do some work!
    end
  end

Enqueue Jobs

      # Add a single job to the :bg queue
      iex> Bolt.enqueue(:bg, %{"somefield" => 1})
      {:ok, [1, 1]}

      # Add a collection of jobs to the :bg queue
      iex> Bolt.enqueue(:bg, [%{"somefield" => 1}, %{"somefield" => 1}])
      [{:ok}]

Manage Queues

      # Change worker pools
      iex> Bolt.Queue.set_worker_max(:bg, 5) 
      :ok

      # Pause a queue
      iex> Bolt.Queue.set_worker_max(:bg, 0) 
      :ok

Web UI

To use the web interface forward to bolt from your router:

forward "/bolt", to: Bolt.Router

Go to /bolt to see the dashboard app

Use The API

GET localhost:3000/ change the port by setting in config or set to nil to disable endpoint.

[
  {
    "workers": [],
    "worker_max": 1,
    "status": "running",
    "queue_name": "main",
    "jobs_remaining": 0
  },
  {
    "workers": [
      {
        "status": "finished",
        "started_at": "2017-07-08T00:04:49.773760Z",
        "job_id": "bg:jobs:id69050946-636e-11e7-bd14-784f437e1c56"
      }
    ],
    "worker_max": 1,
    "status": "running",
    "queue_name": "bg",
    "jobs_remaining": 167804
  }
]

Todo

  • More Test Coverage
  • More Docs