@prakshark/async-retry-wrapper

An async retry utility for JavaScript/Node.js. Retries a given async function multiple times on failure.

Installation

npm install @prakshark/async-retry-wrapper

Usage

import asyncRetry from "@prakshark/async-retry-wrapper";

async function someFunction(someParameter) {
    // This user defined function will return a promise.
}

asyncRetry(() => someFunction("someArgument"), { retries: 5 })
    .then(data => console.log("Fetched data:", data))
    .catch(err => console.error("All retries failed:", err));

Usage Example Snippet

import asyncRetry from "@prakshark/async-retry-wrapper";

async function fetchGithubData(username) {
    let response = await fetch(`https://api.github.com/users/${username}`);
    if (!response.ok) {
        throw new Error(`Failed to fetch: ${response.status}`);
    }
    let data = await response.json();
    return data;
}

asyncRetry(() => fetchGithubData("prakshark"), { retries: 5 })
    .then(data => console.log("Fetched data:", data))
    .catch(err => console.error("All retries failed:", err));

API

asyncRetry(fn, options)

• fn: An async function to retry.
• options.retries: Number of retry attempts (default: 3).

Returns a Promise that resolves with the result of the function, or rejects after all retries fail.