Working example of enqueing work

.gitignore

@@ -37,3 +37,5 @@ tmp/
 # Profiles
 .local-profile
 
+# Ignore data
+data/*.txt

main.go

@@ -1,12 +1,113 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgxpool"
+	"github.com/riverqueue/river"
+	"github.com/riverqueue/river/riverdriver/riverpgxv5"
 	"log/slog"
+	"math/rand"
+	"os"
+	"time"
 )
 
+// River Worker
+
+type MessageArgs struct {
+	Message string `json:"string"`
+}
+
+func (MessageArgs) Kind() string {
+	return "message"
+}
+
+type MessageWorker struct {
+	river.WorkerDefaults[MessageArgs]
+}
+
+func InitWorkers() (*river.Workers, error) {
+	slog.Info("Initializing River workers")
+	workers := river.NewWorkers()
+	err := river.AddWorkerSafely(workers, &MessageWorker{})
+	if err != nil {
+		slog.Error("Failed to add workers")
+	}
+	return workers, err
+}
+
+func (w *MessageWorker) Work(ctx context.Context, job *river.Job[MessageArgs]) error {
+	randTime := rand.Intn(10)
+	fileName := fmt.Sprintf("./data/msg-%d.txt", time.Now().Unix())
+	slog.Info("Sleeping to simulate some work", "sleep", randTime)
+	time.Sleep(time.Second * time.Duration(randTime))
+
+	err := os.WriteFile(fileName, []byte(job.Args.Message), 0777)
+	if err != nil {
+		slog.Error("Failed to save file")
+	}
+	slog.Info("Saved message!", "filename", fileName)
+	return err
+}
+
+//
+
 func main() {
-	slog.Info("dirp")
+
-	fmt.Println("Hello World")
+	workers, err := InitWorkers()
-	slog.Info("my message", "error", "this is value")
+	if err != nil {
+		// abort!
+		panic(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	// create a River client
+
+	dbPool, err := pgxpool.New(ctx, os.Getenv("PG_URI"))
+	if err != nil {
+		slog.Error("Error setting up db", "error", err.Error())
+		panic(err.Error())
+	}
+	defer dbPool.Close()
+
+	rc, err := river.NewClient(riverpgxv5.New(dbPool), &river.Config{
+		Queues: map[string]river.QueueConfig{
+			river.QueueDefault: {MaxWorkers: 100},
+		},
+		Workers: workers,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		slog.Error("Failed to setup river client", "error", err.Error())
+		panic(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	// In K8s you could separate our the worker process from a HTTP/gRPC service
+	// by using rc.Enqueue in the server, and rc.Start in the worker
+	go func() {
+		slog.Info("Starting river background worker process")
+		err = rc.Start(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			slog.Error("Failed to start river background workers", "error", err.Error())
+			panic(err.Error())
+		}
+	}()
+
+	// enter the loop
+	for {
+		inputReader := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
+		fmt.Println("Type in a message and I will save it to ./data:")
+		msg, err := inputReader.ReadString('\n')
+		if err != nil {
+			slog.Error("Failed to read message. Try again", "error", err.Error())
+		}
+
+		// TODO use rc.InsertTx. See https://riverqueue.com/docs/transactional-enqueueing
+		_, err = rc.Insert(ctx, MessageArgs{Message: msg}, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			slog.Error("Failed to enqueue message. Sorry", "error", err.Error())
+			continue
+		}
+		slog.Info("Submitted message for processing", "msg", msg)
+	}
 }