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Express / Connect

import { Queue } from "quirrel/connect";
import Express from "express";

const app = Express()

const someQueue = Queue(
"someQueue",
async (job, meta) => {
// do something
}
)

app.use(someQueue)

app.listen(3000)

Creates a new Queue. Since there's no convention for Express's default development port, you'll have to specify QUIRREL_BASE_URL.

Parameters

function Queue<T>(
path: string,
worker: (job: T, meta: JobMeta): Promise<void>,
defaultJobOptions?: { exclusive?: boolean }
): QueueInstance<T>
ParameterUsage
pathThe route that this queue is reachable at.
workera function that takes the job's payload and returns a Promise
defaultJobOptionsOptional. Use to set default options applied to every job.