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Overview

Build resilient integrations with healthchecks, quotas (load distribution), and fallbacks (automatic failover).

What is Resilience?​

Resilience in Ductape helps you build fault-tolerant integrations by:

  • Healthchecks: Monitor provider availability and detect failures
  • Quotas: Distribute load across multiple providers based on weights
  • Fallbacks: Automatically failover to backup providers when primary fails

Quick Start​

import Ductape from '@ductape/sdk';

const ductape = new Ductape({
  accessKey: 'your-access-key',
});

Code-First API​

Define resilience configurations using a fluent, type-safe API:


const { resilience } = ductape;

// Define a healthcheck
const healthcheck = await resilience.healthcheck.define({
  tag: 'stripe-health',
  handler: async (ctx) => {
    ctx.probe().app('stripe-app').action('health');
    ctx.interval(30000); // Check every 30 seconds
    ctx.retries(2);
    ctx.env('prd');
  },
});

// Define a quota for load distribution
const quota = await resilience.quota.define({
  tag: 'sms-quota',
  input: {
    phone: { type: 'string' },
    message: { type: 'string' },
  },
  handler: async (ctx) => {
    ctx.provider('twilio')
      .weight(70)
      .healthcheck('twilio-health')
      .app('twilio-app')
      .action('send-sms')
      .retries(2);

    ctx.provider('nexmo')
      .weight(30)
      .healthcheck('nexmo-health')
      .app('nexmo-app')
      .action('send-sms')
      .retries(2);
  },
});

// Define a fallback for automatic failover
const fallback = await resilience.fallback.define({
  tag: 'payment-fallback',
  input: {
    amount: { type: 'number' },
  },
  handler: async (ctx) => {
    ctx.primary('stripe')
      .healthcheck('stripe-health')
      .app('stripe-app')
      .action('charge')
      .retries(2);

    ctx.fallback('paypal')
      .healthcheck('paypal-health')
      .app('paypal-app')
      .action('payment')
      .retries(2);
  },
});

Running Resilience Operations​

Run a Healthcheck​

Manually trigger a healthcheck and cache the result:

const result = await ductape.health.run({
  tag: 'stripe-health',
});

console.log(result.status); // 'available' or 'unavailable'

Check Health Status​

Get the current cached status of a healthcheck:

const status = await ductape.health.status({
  tag: 'stripe-health',
});

Run a Quota​

const result = await ductape.quota.run({
  tag: 'sms-quota',
  input: { phone: '+1234567890', message: 'Hello!' },
});

Run a Fallback​

const paymentResult = await ductape.fallback.run({
  tag: 'payment-fallback',
  input: { amount: 1000 },
});

Key Concepts​

Providers​

Providers represent different services or APIs that can perform the same operation. For example, Twilio and Nexmo are both SMS providers.

Health-Aware Routing​

Resilience automatically routes traffic away from unhealthy providers based on healthcheck results.

Weighted Distribution​

Quotas distribute load across providers based on configured weights. A provider with weight 70 receives 70% of traffic.

Sequential Failover​

Fallbacks try providers in order until one succeeds. If the primary fails, it automatically tries the fallback.

Next Steps​