retry

retry

An exponentially backing off retry package for Go.

go get github.com/coder/retry

Features

• A for loop experience instead of closures
• Only 2 exported methods
• No external dependencies

Examples

Wait for connectivity to google.com, checking at most once every second.

func pingGoogle(ctx context.Context) error {
	var err error
    r := retry.New(time.Second, time.Second*10)
    for r.Wait(ctx) {
        _, err = http.Get("https://google.com")
        if err != nil {
	        continue		
        }   
        break
    }
    return err
}

Wait for connectivity to google.com, checking at most 10 times.

func pingGoogle(ctx context.Context) error {
    var err error
    r := retry.New(time.Second, time.Second*10)
    for n := 0; r.Wait(ctx) && n < 10; n++ {
        _, err = http.Get("https://google.com")
        if err != nil {
            continue
        }
		break
	}
    return err
}