Rate limiting
BullMQ provides rate limiting for the queues. It is possible to configure the workers so that they obey a given rate limiting option:
import { Worker, QueueScheduler } from 'bullmq';
const worker = new Worker('painter', async job => paintCar(job), {
limiter: {
max: 10,
duration: 1000,
},
});
const scheduler = new QueueScheduler('painter');
Jobs that get rate limited will actually stay in waiting state.
From BullMQ 2.0 and onwards, the QueueScheduler is not needed anymore.
The rate limiter is global, so if you have for example 10 workers for one queue with the above settings, still only 10 jobs will be processed by second.
From BullMQ 3.0 and onwards, group keys support is removed to improve global rate limit, so the information below is only valid for older versions.
It is also possible to define a rate limiter based on group keys, for example you may want to have a rate limiter per customer instead of a global rate limiter for all customers:
import { Queue, Worker, QueueScheduler } from 'bullmq';
const queue = new Queue('painter', {
limiter: {
groupKey: 'customerId',
},
});
const worker = new Worker('painter', async job => paintCar(job), {
limiter: {
max: 10,
duration: 1000,
groupKey: 'customerId',
},
});
const scheduler = new QueueScheduler('painter');
// jobs will be rate limited by the value of customerId key:
await queue.add('rate limited paint', { customerId: 'my-customer-id' });
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