davechallis/ocypod repository overview

⁠ocypod

Ocypod is a language-agnostic, Redis-backed job queue server with an HTTP interface and a focus on long running tasks.

⁠Features

• simple setup - only requirement is Redis
• language agnostic - uses HTTP/JSON protocol, clients/workers can be implemented in any language
• long running jobs - handle jobs that may be running for hours/days, detect failure early using heartbeats
• simple HTTP interface - no complex binary protocols or client/worker logic
• flexible job metadata - allows for different patterns of use (e.g. progress tracking, partial results, etc.)
• job inspection - check the status of any jobs submitted to the system
• tagging - custom tags allow easy grouping and searching of related jobs
• automatic retries - re-queue jobs on failure or timeout

⁠Documentation

• User guide and API documentation⁠

⁠Contributing

Ocypod clients for various languages would be very welcome, will be happy to link to any I hear about.