'use strict'; var kestrel = require('..'); var consumer = new kestrel.kestrelConsumer( 'test', { connectionType: kestrel.connectionType.ROUND_ROBIN, servers: ['127.0.0.1:22133'], decode: true }); var counter = 0; function consumed(message,cb){ console.log('Consumed Message:',message.data.length); console.dir(message); //console.log('.'); var errorConsumingMessage = null; counter++; if(counter==2){ errorConsumingMessage = new Error('oops'); } else if(counter==5){ //simulate failure by never answering; return process.exit(1); } if(cb){ cb(errorConsumingMessage); } } consumer.consume( {reliable:true}, consumed ); //unreliable still possible as before: consumer.consume( consumed ); setTimeout( function(){ consumer.stopConsuming(); }, 6000);