// from here: http://marcio.io/2015/07/handling-1-million-requests-per-minute-with-golang/ // great example !! func payloadHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { if r.Method != "POST" { w.WriteHeader(http.StatusMethodNotAllowed) return } // Read the body into a string for json decoding var content = &PayloadCollection{} err := json.NewDecoder(io.LimitReader(r.Body, MaxLength)).Decode(&content) if err != nil { w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=UTF-8") w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest) return } // Go through each payload and queue items individually to be posted to S3 for _, payload := range content.Payloads { // let's create a job with the payload work := Job{Payload: payload} // Push the work onto the queue. JobQueue <- work } w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK) } type Dispatcher struct { // A pool of workers channels that are registered with the dispatcher WorkerPool chan chan Job } func NewDispatcher(maxWorkers int) *Dispatcher { pool := make(chan chan Job, maxWorkers) return &Dispatcher{WorkerPool: pool} } func (d *Dispatcher) Run() { // starting n number of workers for i := 0; i < d.maxWorkers; i++ { worker := NewWorker(d.pool) worker.Start() } go d.dispatch() } var ( MaxWorker = os.Getenv("MAX_WORKERS") MaxQueue = os.Getenv("MAX_QUEUE") ) // Job represents the job to be run type Job struct { Payload Payload } // A buffered channel that we can send work requests on. var JobQueue chan Job // Worker represents the worker that executes the job type Worker struct { WorkerPool chan chan Job JobChannel chan Job quit chan bool } func NewWorker(workerPool chan chan Job) Worker { return Worker{ WorkerPool: workerPool, JobChannel: make(chan Job), quit: make(chan bool)} } // Start method starts the run loop for the worker, listening for a quit channel in // case we need to stop it func (w Worker) Start() { go func() { for { // register the current worker into the worker queue. w.WorkerPool <- w.JobChannel select { case job := <-w.JobChannel: // we have received a work request. if err := job.Payload.UploadToS3(); err != nil { log.Errorf("Error uploading to S3: %s", err.Error()) } case <-w.quit: // we have received a signal to stop return } } }() } // Stop signals the worker to stop listening for work requests. func (w Worker) Stop() { go func() { w.quit <- true }() } func (d *Dispatcher) dispatch() { for { select { case job := <-JobQueue: // a job request has been received go func(job Job) { // try to obtain a worker job channel that is available. // this will block until a worker is idle jobChannel := <-d.WorkerPool // dispatch the job to the worker job channel jobChannel <- job }(job) } } }