gue

Gue is Golang queue on top of PostgreSQL that uses transaction-level locks.

Originally this project used to be a fork of bgentry/que-go but because of some backward-compatibility breaking changes and original library author not being very responsive for PRs I turned fork into standalone project. Version 2 breaks internal backward-compatibility with the original project - DB table and all the internal logic (queries, algorithms) is completely rewritten.

The name Gue is yet another silly word transformation: Queue -> Que, Go + Que -> Gue.

Install

go get -u github.com/vgarvardt/gue/v5

Additionally, you need to apply DB migration.

Usage Example

package main

import (
	"context"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"os"
	"time"

	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgxpool"
	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"

	"github.com/vgarvardt/gue/v5"
	"github.com/vgarvardt/gue/v5/adapter/pgxv5"
)

const (
	printerQueue   = "name_printer"
	jobTypePrinter = "PrintName"
)

type printNameArgs struct {
	Name string
}

func main() {
	printName := func(ctx context.Context, j *gue.Job) error {
		var args printNameArgs
		if err := json.Unmarshal(j.Args, &args); err != nil {
			return err
		}
		fmt.Printf("Hello %s!\n", args.Name)
		return nil
	}

	pgxCfg, err := pgxpool.ParseConfig(os.Getenv("DATABASE_URL"))
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	pgxPool, err := pgxpool.NewWithConfig(context.Background(), pgxCfg)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	defer pgxPool.Close()

	poolAdapter := pgxv5.NewConnPool(pgxPool)

	gc, err := gue.NewClient(poolAdapter)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	wm := gue.WorkMap{
		jobTypePrinter: printName,
	}

	finishedJobsLog := func(ctx context.Context, j *gue.Job, err error) {
		if err != nil {
			return
		}

		j.Tx().Exec(
			ctx,
			"INSERT INTO finished_jobs_log (queue, type, run_at) VALUES ($1, $2, now())",
			j.Queue,
			j.Type,
		)
	}

	// create a pool w/ 2 workers
	workers, err := gue.NewWorkerPool(gc, wm, 2, gue.WithPoolQueue(printerQueue), gue.WithPoolHooksJobDone(finishedJobsLog))
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	ctx, shutdown := context.WithCancel(context.Background())

	// work jobs in goroutine
	g, gctx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
	g.Go(func() error {
		err := workers.Run(gctx)
		if err != nil {
			// In a real-world applications, use a better way to shut down
			// application on unrecoverable error. E.g. fx.Shutdowner from
			// go.uber.org/fx module.
			log.Fatal(err)
		}
		return err
	})

	args, err := json.Marshal(printNameArgs{Name: "vgarvardt"})
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	j := &gue.Job{
		Type:  jobTypePrinter,
		Queue: printerQueue,
		Args:  args,
	}
	if err := gc.Enqueue(context.Background(), j); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	j = &gue.Job{
		Type:  jobTypePrinter,
		Queue: printerQueue,
		RunAt: time.Now().UTC().Add(30 * time.Second), // delay 30 seconds
		Args:  args,
	}
	if err := gc.Enqueue(context.Background(), j); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	time.Sleep(30 * time.Second) // wait for while

	// send shutdown signal to worker
	shutdown()
	if err := g.Wait(); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
}

PostgreSQL drivers

Package supports several PostgreSQL drivers using adapter interface internally. Currently, adapters for the following drivers have been implemented:

• github.com/jackc/pgx/v5
• github.com/jackc/pgx/v4
• github.com/lib/pq

pgx/v5

package main

import (
  "log"
  "os"

  "github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgxpool"

  "github.com/vgarvardt/gue/v5"
  "github.com/vgarvardt/gue/v5/adapter/pgxv5"
)

func main() {
  pgxCfg, err := pgxpool.ParseConfig(os.Getenv("DATABASE_URL"))
  if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
  }

  pgxPool, err := pgxpool.NewConfig(context.Background(), pgxCfg)
  if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
  }
  defer pgxPool.Close()

  poolAdapter := pgxv5.NewConnPool(pgxPool)

  gc, err := gue.NewClient(poolAdapter)
  ...
}

pgx/v4

package main

import (
  "context"
  "log"
  "os"

  "github.com/jackc/pgx/v4/pgxpool"

  "github.com/vgarvardt/gue/v5"
  "github.com/vgarvardt/gue/v5/adapter/pgxv4"
)

func main() {
  pgxCfg, err := pgxpool.ParseConfig(os.Getenv("DATABASE_URL"))
  if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
  }

  pgxPool, err := pgxpool.ConnectConfig(context.Background(), pgxCfg)
  if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
  }
  defer pgxPool.Close()

  poolAdapter := pgxv4.NewConnPool(pgxPool)

  gc, err := gue.NewClient(poolAdapter)
  ...
}

lib/pq

package main

import (
  "database/sql"
  "log"
  "os"

  _ "github.com/lib/pq" // register postgres driver

  "github.com/vgarvardt/gue/v5"
  "github.com/vgarvardt/gue/v5/adapter/libpq"
)

func main() {
  db, err := sql.Open("postgres", os.Getenv("DATABASE_URL"))
  if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
  }
  defer db.Close()

  poolAdapter := libpq.NewConnPool(db)

  gc, err := gue.NewClient(poolAdapter)
  ...
}

Logging

Package supports several logging libraries using adapter interface internally. Currently, adapters for the following drivers have been implemented:

• NoOp (adapter.NoOpLogger) - default adapter that does nothing, so it is basically /dev/null logger
• Stdlib log - adapter that uses log logger for logs output. Instantiate it with adapter.NewStdLogger(...).
• Uber zap - adapter that uses go.uber.org/zap logger for logs output. Instantiate it with adapter/zap.New(...).
• Olivier Poitrey's zerolog - adapter that uses github.com/rs/zerolog logger for logs output. Instantiate it with adapter/zerolog.New(...).
• Stdlib slog - adapter that uses log/slog logger for logs output. Instantiate it with adapter/slog.New(...).