# Popsicle Retry [![NPM version][npm-image]][npm-url] [![NPM downloads][downloads-image]][downloads-url] [![Build status][travis-image]][travis-url] [![Test coverage][coveralls-image]][coveralls-url] > Enable request retries for Popsicle (>= 3.2). ## Installation ```sh npm install popsicle-retry --save ``` ## Usage ```js var request = require('popsicle').request var retry = require('popsicle-retry') request('http://example.com') .use(retry()) .then(...) ``` ### Options Accepts a function that returns a number of milliseconds to back off for, or `-1`. Defaults to `popsicleRetry.retries(5, retryAllowed)`. ### Methods * **retryAllowed(request)** Check if a request should be attempted again. Defaults to `5xx` and unavailable errors. * **retries(count, isRetryAllowed)** An exponential backoff function, defaulting to 5 retries. ## License Apache 2.0 [npm-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/popsicle-retry.svg?style=flat [npm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/popsicle-retry [downloads-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/popsicle-retry.svg?style=flat [downloads-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/popsicle-retry [travis-image]: https://img.shields.io/travis/blakeembrey/popsicle-retry.svg?style=flat [travis-url]: https://travis-ci.org/blakeembrey/popsicle-retry [coveralls-image]: https://img.shields.io/coveralls/blakeembrey/popsicle-retry.svg?style=flat [coveralls-url]: https://coveralls.io/r/blakeembrey/popsicle-retry?branch=master