External Task (JS) - Poll Intervall 3 Minutes?!

[0x1234567890]

Hello,

i created a External Task Skript in Javascript.
My Problem is that when i start the skript only detects a new task every ~3 Minutes.
How i can change it to 10 Secounds?

const { Client, logger } = require("camunda-external-task-client-js");
const { Variables } = require("camunda-external-task-client-js");
// configuration for the Client:
//  - 'baseUrl': url to the Workflow Engine
//  - 'logger': utility to automatically log important events
const config = { baseUrl: "http://localhost:8080/engine-rest", use: logger };

// create a Client instance with custom configuration
const client = new Client(config);

// susbscribe to the topic: 'creditScoreChecker'
client.subscribe("countMails", async function({ task, taskService }) {
  // Put your business logic
});

[jonathan.lukas]

Hello @0x1234567890 ,

when creating the new client, there are multiple options to configure the polling of the client.
Here is the reference: camunda-external-task-client-js/Client.md at master · camunda/camunda-external-task-client-js · GitHub

Here, you should look the asyncResponseTimeout as well as the interval.

For a basic understanding, here is the entry from our docs: External Tasks | docs.camunda.org

Hope this helps

Jonathan

[0x1234567890]

@jonathan.lukas jonathan.lukas Hello i use:

const config = { baseUrl: "http://localhost:8080/engine-rest", interval: 1, autoPoll: true, maxParallelExecutions: 10, use: logger };

But it still take more than 3 Minutes.
Why?

[MaximMonin]

Here is optimized config for fast (20ms) reaction for Nodejs client

// for fast parallel processing it is critical to reduse polling internal to low value
// create a Client instance with custom configuration
const config = { baseUrl: url, workerId: workerId, use: logger.level(loglevel), asyncResponseTimeout: longPolling, lockDuration: lockDuration,
  maxTasks: maxTasks, interval: 5, autoPoll: false, interceptors: [basicAuthentication /*, sslValidation */] };
const client = new Client(config);

also you have to change engine parameter:

<job-executor>
    <job-acquisition name="default">
      <properties>
        <property name="maxJobsPerAcquisition">50</property>
        <property name="waitTimeInMillis">5</property>
        <property name="maxWait">50</property>
        <property name="lockTimeInMillis">300000</property>
        <property name="backoffTimeInMillis">30</property>
        <property name="maxBackoff">150</property>
      </properties>
    </job-acquisition>
    <properties>
      <property name="queueSize">100</property>
      <property name="maxPoolSize">20</property>
    </properties>
  </job-executor>

[0x1234567890]

What are the values from: asyncResponseTimeout, lockDuration & maxTasks?

i never heared abaout the engine parameter. Are this a Setting for each BPMN or the hole Server?
Wehre i can find this configuration file?

[MaximMonin]

const longPolling = process.env.LongPolling || 60000; // 60 seconds
const lockDuration = process.env.lockDuration || 50000; // 50 seconds
const loglevel = process.env.LogLevel || ‘INFO’;
const maxTasks = process.env.JobsToActivate || 25; // 10-200 ordinary
const workerId = process.env.workerId || ‘some-random-id’; // Unique worker id for every Worker

job executor setup in: bpm-platform.xml in /camunda/conf/ if docker used

[0x1234567890]

I have implement it. But it not worked for me.

It everytime stuck on a Service Task for 1-2 Minutes.

update: It suck forever. More than 30 minutes with your configuration.
The listener is subscrubed and did not get any error message:

[MaximMonin]

maybe i used
auto poll = false and then client.start

check full example at:

MaximMonin/camunda-plugins/blob/master/workers/node/server.js