Make ProcessingWorker create its queue by default

README.md

@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ Some parts of the software are configured via environement variables:
 * `OCRD_NETWORK_SERVER_ADDR_PROCESSING`: Default address of Processing Server to connect to (for `ocrd network client processing`).
 * `OCRD_NETWORK_SERVER_ADDR_WORKFLOW`: Default address of Workflow Server to connect to (for `ocrd network client workflow`).
 * `OCRD_NETWORK_SERVER_ADDR_WORKSPACE`: Default address of Workspace Server to connect to (for `ocrd network client workspace`).
+* `OCRD_NETWORK_WORKER_QUEUE_CONNECT_ATTEMPTS`: Number of attempts for a worker to create its queue. Helpfull if the rabbitmq-server needs time to be fully started.
 
 
 ## Packages
@@ -283,9 +284,9 @@ To be used in a **loop over all selected pages**:
         local in_pageId=($(ocrd__input_file $n pageId))
         local out_id=$(ocrd__input_file $n outputFileId)
         local out_fpath="${ocrd__argv[output_file_grp]}/${out_id}.xml
-        
+
         # process $in_fpath to $out_fpath ...
-        
+
         declare -a options
         if [ -n "$in_pageId" ]; then
             options=( -g $in_pageId )
@@ -303,11 +304,11 @@ To be used in a **loop over all selected pages**:
 > **Note**: If the `--input-file-grp` is **multi-valued** (N fileGrps separated by commas),
 > then usage is similar:
 > * The function `ocrd__input_file` can be used, but
->   its results will be **lists** (delimited by whitespace and surrounded by single quotes), 
+>   its results will be **lists** (delimited by whitespace and surrounded by single quotes),
 >   e.g. `[url]='file1.xml file2.xml' [ID]='id_file1 id_file2' [mimetype]='application/vnd.prima.page+xml image/tiff' ...`.
 > * Therefore its results should be encapsulated in a (non-associative) **array variable**
 >   and without extra quotes, e.g. `in_file=($(ocrd__input_file 3 url))`, or as shown above.
-> * This will yield the first fileGrp's results on index 0, 
+> * This will yield the first fileGrp's results on index 0,
 >   which in bash will always be the same as if you referenced the array without index
 >   (so code does not need to be changed much), e.g. `test -f $in_file` which equals `test -f ${in_file[0]}`.
 > * Additional fileGrps will have to be fetched from higher indexes, e.g. `test -f ${in_file[1]}`.

ocrd/ocrd/cli/__init__.py

@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
 \b
 {config.describe('OCRD_NETWORK_SERVER_ADDR_WORKSPACE')}
 \b
+{config.describe('OCRD_NETWORK_WORKER_QUEUE_CONNECT_ATTEMPTS')}
+\b
 {config.describe('OCRD_PROFILE_FILE')}
 \b
 {config.describe('OCRD_PROFILE', wrap_text=False)}

ocrd_network/ocrd_network/cli/processing_worker.py

@@ -20,19 +20,7 @@
               help='The URL of the MongoDB, format: mongodb://host:port',
               type=DatabaseParamType(),
               required=True)
-@click.option('--create-queue',
-              is_flag=True,
-              help='Create the rabbitmq-queue for the worker. Usually the processing server starts'
-              'the workers and creates the queues. This is to make external addition of workers for'
-              'new processors possible')
-@click.option('--queue-connect-attempts',
-              type=int,
-              default=1,
-              help='Number of attempts to establish the connection to rabbitmq for creating the '
-              'queue. There is two seconds wait between attempts. Helpfull if the server needs '
-              'time to be fully started')
-def processing_worker_cli(processor_name: str, queue: str, database: str, create_queue: bool,
-                          queue_connect_attempts: int):
+def processing_worker_cli(processor_name: str, queue: str, database: str):
     """
     Start Processing Worker
     (a specific ocr-d processor consuming tasks from RabbitMQ queue)
@@ -55,11 +43,6 @@ def processing_worker_cli(processor_name: str, queue: str, database: str, create
             ocrd_tool=ocrd_tool,
             processor_class=None,  # For readability purposes assigned here
         )
-        if create_queue:
-            processing_worker.create_queue(
-                connection_attempts=queue_connect_attempts,
-                retry_delay=2
-            )
         # The RMQConsumer is initialized and a connection to the RabbitMQ is performed
         processing_worker.connect_consumer()
         # Start consuming from the queue with name `processor_name`

ocrd_network/ocrd_network/processing_worker.py

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     verify_database_uri,
     verify_and_parse_mq_uri
 )
+from ocrd_utils import config
 
 
 class ProcessingWorker:
@@ -79,6 +80,11 @@ def __init__(self, rabbitmq_addr, mongodb_addr, processor_name, ocrd_tool: dict,
         # The publisher is connected when the `result_queue` field of the OcrdProcessingMessage is set for first time
         # Used to publish OcrdResultMessage type message to the queue with name {processor_name}-result
         self.rmq_publisher = None
+        # Always create a queue (idempotent)
+        self.create_queue(
+            connection_attempts=config.OCRD_NETWORK_WORKER_QUEUE_CONNECT_ATTEMPTS,
+            retry_delay=2
+        )
 
     def connect_consumer(self) -> None:
         self.log.info(f'Connecting RMQConsumer to RabbitMQ server: '
@@ -261,7 +267,7 @@ def publish_to_result_queue(self, result_queue: str, result_message: OcrdResultM
             message=encoded_result_message
         )
 
-    def create_queue(self, connection_attempts=1, retry_delay=1):
+    def create_queue(self, connection_attempts: int = 1, retry_delay: int = 1):
         """Create the queue for this worker
 
         Originally only the processing-server created the queues for the workers according to the

ocrd_utils/ocrd_utils/config.py

@@ -151,6 +151,11 @@ def _ocrd_download_timeout_parser(val):
         description="Default address of Workspace Server to connect to (for `ocrd network client workspace`).",
         default=(True, ''))
 
+config.add("OCRD_NETWORK_WORKER_QUEUE_CONNECT_ATTEMPTS",
+    description="Number of attempts for a worker to create its queue. Helpfull if the rabbitmq-server needs time to be fully started",
+    parser=int,
+    default=(True, 1))
+
 config.add("HOME",
     description="Directory to look for `ocrd_logging.conf`, fallback for unset XDG variables.",
     # description="HOME directory, cf. https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html",