rethinkdb reconnection

README.md

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 # deepstream.io-storage-rethinkdb
+
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 This connector uses [the npm rethinkdb package](https://www.npmjs.com/package/rethinkdb). Please have a look there for detailed options.
 
-**Warning**: This plugin will automatically create a table, if it doesn't exist yet. But be aware, in case you create a table manually, use "ds_id" as the primary key. Otherwise the plugin won't be able to find your records. 
+**Warning**: This plugin will automatically create a table, if it doesn't exist yet. But be aware, in case you create a table manually, use "ds_id" as the primary key. Otherwise the plugin won't be able to find your records.
 
 ## Configuration Options
+
 ```yaml
 plugins:
   storage:
@@ -22,48 +24,59 @@ plugins:
       database: 'someDb'
       defaultTable: 'someTable'
       splitChar: '/'
+      reconnectTimeout: 2000
+      reconnectCount: 0
 ```
 
 ```javascript
 {
-	//The host that RethinkDb is listening on
-	host: 'localhost',
-
-	//The port that RethinkDb is listening on
-	port: 28015,
-
-	//(Optional) Authentication key for RethinkDb
-	authKey: 'someString',
-
-	//(Optional, defaults to 'deepstream')
-	database: 'someDb',
-
-	//(Optional, defaults to 'deepstream_records')
-	defaultTable: 'someTable',
-
-	/* (Optional) A character that's used as part of the
-	* record names to split it into a tabel and an id part, e.g.
-	*
-	* books/dream-of-the-red-chamber
-	*
-	* would create a table called 'books' and store the record under the name
-	* 'dream-of-the-red-chamber'
-	*/
-	splitChar: '/'
+  //The host that RethinkDb is listening on
+  host: 'localhost',
+
+  //The port that RethinkDb is listening on
+  port: 28015,
+
+  //(Optional) Authentication key for RethinkDb
+  authKey: 'someString',
+
+  //(Optional, defaults to 'deepstream')
+  database: 'someDb',
+
+  //(Optional, defaults to 'deepstream_records')
+  defaultTable: 'someTable',
+
+  /* (Optional) A character that's used as part of the
+  * record names to split it into a tabel and an id part, e.g.
+  *
+  * books/dream-of-the-red-chamber
+  *
+  * would create a table called 'books' and store the record under the name
+  * 'dream-of-the-red-chamber'
+  */
+  splitChar: '/',
+
+  // (Optional, defaults to 0) If the rhe rethinkdb connection is lost, try to reconnect max. this number of times
+  reconnectCount: 2,
+
+  // (Optional, defaults to 2000) Timeout between reconnect attempts in milliseconds. It cannot be less than 1000, if you specify less than 1000, then it will be set to 1000!
+  reconnectTimeout: 3000
 }
 ```
 
 ## Basic Setup
+
 ```javascript
-var Deepstream = require( 'deepstream.io' ),
-    RethinkDBStorageConnector = require( 'deepstream.io-storage-rethinkdb' ),
-    server = new Deepstream();
+var Deepstream = require('deepstream.io'),
+  RethinkDBStorageConnector = require('deepstream.io-storage-rethinkdb'),
+  server = new Deepstream();
 
-server.set( 'storage', new RethinkDBStorageConnector( {
-  port: 5672,
-  host: 'localhost'
-}));
+server.set(
+  'storage',
+  new RethinkDBStorageConnector({
+    port: 5672,
+    host: 'localhost'
+  })
+);
 
 server.start();
 ```
-