@jshaftoe/infra/src/asyncUtils.js

// @flow

type AsyncRetryOptions = {
  maxRetries?: ?number,
  expoBackoffMs?: ?number,
  asyncErrorHandler?: ?(err: Error, triesExecuted: number) => Promise<void>
}

export async function sleep(periodMs: number = 0) {
  return await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, periodMs))
}

/**
 * Retries the execution of an async function
 */
// $FlowIgnore
export async function asyncRetry<T>(asyncFunc: (triesExecuted?: ?number) => Promise<T>, options: AsyncRetryOptions = {}): Promise<T> {

  // set defaults
  options.maxRetries = (typeof options.maxRetries === 'undefined') ? 2 : options.maxRetries

  if (typeof options.maxRetries !== 'number')
    throw new Error(`options.maxRetries is of an invalid type`)

  let triesExecuted = 0
  let nextBackoffMs = options.expoBackoffMs
  /* eslint-disable no-constant-condition */
  while (true) {
    try {
      triesExecuted++
      return await asyncFunc(triesExecuted)
    } catch (err) {
      if (options.asyncErrorHandler) {
        await options.asyncErrorHandler(err, triesExecuted)
      }
      if (triesExecuted > options.maxRetries) {
        if (typeof err === 'object') {
          err._triesExecuted = triesExecuted
        }
        throw err
      }
      if (nextBackoffMs) {
        await sleep(nextBackoffMs)
        nextBackoffMs *= 1.5
      }
    }
  }
}