Inngest Integration

Overview

The Inngest integration provides Effect-first wrappers for Inngest background functions. Create durable, type-safe background jobs with Effect’s structured concurrency and service management.

Installation

bun add ff-effect effect inngest

Exports

import { createInngest, InngestError } from 'ff-effect/for/inngest';

createInngest

Create an Effect-based Inngest client wrapper.

Signature

function createInngest<
  TClient extends Inngest.Any,
  E,
  R,
  T extends string = '@ff-effect/Inngest'
>(
  createClient: Effect.Effect<TClient, E, R>,
  opts?: { tagId?: T }
): {
  Tag: Context.Tag<T, TClient>;
  layer: Layer<T, E, R>;
  createFunction: <TTrigger, A, EH, RH>(
    config: FunctionConfig,
    trigger: TTrigger,
    handler: (ctx: HandlerContext) => Effect.Effect<A, EH, RH>
  ) => Effect.Effect<InngestFunction.Any, never, T | RH>;
  send: (payload: EventPayload) => Effect.Effect<{ ids: string[] }, InngestError, T>;
  fetchHandler: (opts: ServeOpts) => Effect.Effect<FetchHandler, never, T>;
  httpHandler: (opts: ServeOpts) => Effect.Effect<HttpApp, never, T>;
}

Parameters

createClient

Effect.Effect<Inngest, E, R>

required

An Effect that yields an Inngest client instance.

opts.tagId

string

Optional custom tag identifier for the Inngest client. Defaults to '@ff-effect/Inngest'.

Returns

Tag

Context.Tag

Context tag for accessing the Inngest client.

layer

Layer

Layer that provides the Inngest client to Effects.

createFunction

function

Create an Inngest function with an Effect-based handler.

send

function

Send events to Inngest.

fetchHandler

function

Create a fetch-compatible handler for serving Inngest functions.

httpHandler

function

Create an Effect HttpApp handler for serving Inngest functions.

Basic Usage

Setup

import { createInngest } from 'ff-effect/for/inngest';
import { Inngest } from 'inngest';
import { Effect } from 'effect';

const client = new Inngest({ id: 'my-app' });

const InngestClient = createInngest(
  Effect.succeed(client)
);

Simple Function

import { Effect } from 'effect';

const program = Effect.gen(function* () {
  const helloFunction = yield* InngestClient.createFunction(
    { id: 'hello-world' },
    { event: 'app/hello' },
    ({ event }) =>
      Effect.gen(function* () {
        console.log('Hello', event.data.name);
        return 'success';
      })
  );
  
  return helloFunction;
}).pipe(
  Effect.scoped,
  Effect.provide(InngestClient.layer)
);

Event Handling

Sending Events

import { Effect } from 'effect';

const program = Effect.gen(function* () {
  const result = yield* InngestClient.send({
    name: 'app/hello',
    data: { name: 'Alice' }
  });
  
  console.log('Event sent with IDs:', result.ids);
}).pipe(Effect.provide(InngestClient.layer));

Type-Safe Events

import { Inngest, EventSchemas } from 'inngest';
import { Effect } from 'effect';

const client = new Inngest({
  id: 'my-app',
  schemas: new EventSchemas().fromRecord<{
    'user/created': { data: { userId: string; email: string } };
    'user/deleted': { data: { userId: string } };
  }>()
});

const InngestClient = createInngest(Effect.succeed(client));

const onUserCreated = yield* InngestClient.createFunction(
  { id: 'on-user-created' },
  { event: 'user/created' },
  ({ event }) =>
    Effect.gen(function* () {
      // event.data is fully typed
      const { userId, email } = event.data;
      console.log(`New user: ${email}`);
    })
);

Steps

Use the step API for durable execution with automatic retries.

step.run

Execute an Effect as a step:

const processOrderFunction = yield* InngestClient.createFunction(
  { id: 'process-order' },
  { event: 'order/created' },
  ({ event, step }) =>
    Effect.gen(function* () {
      // Each step is durably executed
      const payment = yield* step.run('process-payment', () =>
        Effect.gen(function* () {
          // Process payment logic
          return { transactionId: 'txn_123' };
        })
      );
      
      const shipment = yield* step.run('create-shipment', () =>
        Effect.gen(function* () {
          // Create shipment
          return { trackingNumber: 'TRACK_456' };
        })
      );
      
      return { payment, shipment };
    })
);

step.sleep

Sleep for a duration (uses Effect’s Duration):

import { Duration, Effect } from 'effect';

const reminderFunction = yield* InngestClient.createFunction(
  { id: 'send-reminder' },
  { event: 'reminder/scheduled' },
  ({ step }) =>
    Effect.gen(function* () {
      yield* step.sleep('wait-24h', Duration.hours(24));
      
      yield* step.run('send-email', () =>
        Effect.gen(function* () {
          // Send reminder email
        })
      );
    })
);

step.sleepUntil

Sleep until a specific time:

const scheduledFunction = yield* InngestClient.createFunction(
  { id: 'scheduled-task' },
  { event: 'task/scheduled' },
  ({ event, step }) =>
    Effect.gen(function* () {
      const scheduledTime = new Date(event.data.scheduledAt);
      yield* step.sleepUntil('wait-until-scheduled', scheduledTime);
      
      yield* step.run('execute-task', () =>
        Effect.sync(() => console.log('Task executed!'))
      );
    })
);

step.sendEvent

Send events from within a function:

const cascadeFunction = yield* InngestClient.createFunction(
  { id: 'cascade-events' },
  { event: 'process/start' },
  ({ step }) =>
    Effect.gen(function* () {
      const result = yield* step.sendEvent('trigger-downstream', {
        name: 'process/step1',
        data: { value: 42 }
      });
      
      console.log('Triggered events:', result.ids);
    })
);

step.invoke

Invoke another function and wait for its result:

const orchestratorFunction = yield* InngestClient.createFunction(
  { id: 'orchestrator' },
  { event: 'orchestrate' },
  ({ step }) =>
    Effect.gen(function* () {
      const result = yield* step.invoke<{ status: string }>('call-worker', {
        function: workerFunction,
        data: { task: 'process-data' }
      });
      
      console.log('Worker result:', result.status);
    })
);

step.waitForEvent

Wait for an event before continuing:

const approvalFunction = yield* InngestClient.createFunction(
  { id: 'wait-for-approval' },
  { event: 'request/submitted' },
  ({ event, step }) =>
    Effect.gen(function* () {
      const approval = yield* step.waitForEvent<{ approved: boolean }>('wait-for-approval', {
        event: 'request/approved',
        timeout: '7d',
        match: `data.requestId == "${event.data.requestId}"`
      });
      
      if (approval?.approved) {
        yield* step.run('process-approved', () =>
          Effect.sync(() => console.log('Request approved!'))
        );
      }
    })
);

Cron Schedules

Use Effect’s Cron for type-safe cron schedules:

import { Cron, Effect } from 'effect';

const dailyReportFunction = yield* InngestClient.createFunction(
  { id: 'daily-report' },
  { cron: Cron.unsafeParse('0 9 * * *') }, // Every day at 9 AM
  ({ step }) =>
    Effect.gen(function* () {
      yield* step.run('generate-report', () =>
        Effect.gen(function* () {
          // Generate and send daily report
        })
      );
    })
);

Using Services

Inngest functions can access Effect services:

import { Effect } from 'effect';

class EmailService extends Effect.Service<EmailService>()('EmailService', {
  effect: Effect.succeed({
    send: (to: string, subject: string, body: string) =>
      Effect.tryPromise(() =>
        fetch('/api/email', {
          method: 'POST',
          body: JSON.stringify({ to, subject, body })
        })
      )
  })
}) {}

class Database extends Effect.Service<Database>()('Database', {
  effect: Effect.succeed({
    getUser: (id: string) => Effect.succeed({ id, email: 'user@example.com' })
  })
}) {}

const program = Effect.gen(function* () {
  const welcomeEmailFunction = yield* InngestClient.createFunction(
    { id: 'send-welcome-email' },
    { event: 'user/created' },
    ({ event, step }) =>
      Effect.gen(function* () {
        const db = yield* Database;
        const email = yield* EmailService;
        
        const user = yield* step.run('fetch-user', () =>
          db.getUser(event.data.userId)
        );
        
        yield* step.run('send-email', () =>
          email.send(
            user.email,
            'Welcome!',
            'Thanks for signing up!'
          )
        );
      })
  );
  
  return welcomeEmailFunction;
}).pipe(
  Effect.scoped,
  Effect.provide(InngestClient.layer),
  Effect.provide(Database.Default),
  Effect.provide(EmailService.Default)
);

Serving Functions

Fetch Handler (Bun, Deno, etc.)

import { Effect } from 'effect';

const program = Effect.gen(function* () {
  const fn1 = yield* InngestClient.createFunction(
    { id: 'function-1' },
    { event: 'app/event1' },
    () => Effect.succeed('done')
  );
  
  const fn2 = yield* InngestClient.createFunction(
    { id: 'function-2' },
    { event: 'app/event2' },
    () => Effect.succeed('done')
  );
  
  const handler = yield* InngestClient.fetchHandler({
    functions: [fn1, fn2],
    servePath: '/api/inngest'
  });
  
  // Use with Bun.serve, Deno.serve, etc.
  return handler;
}).pipe(
  Effect.scoped,
  Effect.provide(InngestClient.layer)
);

const handler = await Effect.runPromise(program);

Bun.serve({
  port: 3000,
  fetch: handler
});

Effect HttpApp Handler

import { HttpServer } from '@effect/platform';
import { Effect } from 'effect';

const program = Effect.gen(function* () {
  const fn = yield* InngestClient.createFunction(
    { id: 'my-function' },
    { event: 'app/event' },
    () => Effect.succeed('done')
  );
  
  const httpApp = yield* InngestClient.httpHandler({
    functions: [fn]
  });
  
  yield* HttpServer.serve(httpApp);
}).pipe(
  Effect.scoped,
  Effect.provide(InngestClient.layer),
  Effect.provide(HttpServer.layer)
);

Error Handling

InngestError

import { InngestError } from 'ff-effect/for/inngest';
import { Effect } from 'effect';

const program = Effect.gen(function* () {
  const result = yield* InngestClient.send({
    name: 'app/event',
    data: {}
  }).pipe(
    Effect.catchTag('ff-effect/InngestError', (error) =>
      Effect.gen(function* () {
        console.error('Failed to send event:', error.message);
        return { ids: [] };
      })
    )
  );
  
  return result;
}).pipe(Effect.provide(InngestClient.layer));

Step Errors

Step errors are automatically retried by Inngest:

const retryableFunction = yield* InngestClient.createFunction(
  { id: 'with-retry' },
  { event: 'retry/test' },
  ({ step }) =>
    Effect.gen(function* () {
      const result = yield* step.run('might-fail', () =>
        Effect.gen(function* () {
          // This will be retried automatically by Inngest
          if (Math.random() < 0.5) {
            return yield* Effect.fail(new Error('Random failure'));
          }
          return 'success';
        })
      );
      
      return result;
    })
);

Complete Example

import { createInngest } from 'ff-effect/for/inngest';
import { Inngest, EventSchemas } from 'inngest';
import { Effect, Duration, Cron } from 'effect';

// Setup client with typed events
const client = new Inngest({
  id: 'order-processor',
  schemas: new EventSchemas().fromRecord<{
    'order/created': { data: { orderId: string; userId: string; amount: number } };
    'order/shipped': { data: { orderId: string; trackingNumber: string } };
  }>()
});

const InngestClient = createInngest(Effect.succeed(client));

// Services
class PaymentService extends Effect.Service<PaymentService>()('PaymentService', {
  effect: Effect.succeed({
    charge: (amount: number) => Effect.succeed({ transactionId: 'txn_123' })
  })
}) {}

class ShippingService extends Effect.Service<ShippingService>()('ShippingService', {
  effect: Effect.succeed({
    createLabel: (orderId: string) => Effect.succeed({ trackingNumber: 'TRACK_456' })
  })
}) {}

// Function
const program = Effect.gen(function* () {
  const processOrder = yield* InngestClient.createFunction(
    { id: 'process-order' },
    { event: 'order/created' },
    ({ event, step }) =>
      Effect.gen(function* () {
        const payment = yield* PaymentService;
        const shipping = yield* ShippingService;
        
        // Charge payment
        const transaction = yield* step.run('charge-payment', () =>
          payment.charge(event.data.amount)
        );
        
        // Wait before shipping
        yield* step.sleep('processing-time', Duration.minutes(5));
        
        // Create shipping label
        const label = yield* step.run('create-shipping-label', () =>
          shipping.createLabel(event.data.orderId)
        );
        
        // Send shipped event
        yield* step.sendEvent('notify-shipped', {
          name: 'order/shipped',
          data: {
            orderId: event.data.orderId,
            trackingNumber: label.trackingNumber
          }
        });
        
        return { transaction, label };
      })
  );
  
  const handler = yield* InngestClient.fetchHandler({
    functions: [processOrder]
  });
  
  return handler;
}).pipe(
  Effect.scoped,
  Effect.provide(InngestClient.layer),
  Effect.provide(PaymentService.Default),
  Effect.provide(ShippingService.Default)
);

const handler = await Effect.runPromise(program);
Bun.serve({ port: 3000, fetch: handler });

Overview

Core Utilities

Integrations

Examples

Inngest Integration

Overview

Installation

Exports

createInngest

Signature

Parameters

Returns

Basic Usage

Setup

Simple Function

Event Handling

Sending Events

Type-Safe Events

Steps

step.run

step.sleep

step.sleepUntil

step.sendEvent

step.invoke

step.waitForEvent

Cron Schedules

Using Services

Serving Functions

Fetch Handler (Bun, Deno, etc.)

Effect HttpApp Handler

Error Handling

InngestError

Step Errors

Complete Example

See Also

Overview

Core Utilities

Integrations

Examples

​Overview

​Installation

​Exports

​createInngest

​Signature

​Parameters

​Returns

​Basic Usage

​Setup

​Simple Function

​Event Handling

​Sending Events

​Type-Safe Events

​Steps

​step.run

​step.sleep

​step.sleepUntil

​step.sendEvent

​step.invoke

​step.waitForEvent

​Cron Schedules

​Using Services

​Serving Functions

​Fetch Handler (Bun, Deno, etc.)

​Effect HttpApp Handler

​Error Handling

​InngestError

​Step Errors

​Complete Example

​See Also

Overview

Installation

Exports

createInngest

Signature

Parameters

Returns

Basic Usage

Setup

Simple Function

Event Handling

Sending Events

Type-Safe Events

Steps

step.run

step.sleep

step.sleepUntil

step.sendEvent

step.invoke

step.waitForEvent

Cron Schedules

Using Services

Serving Functions

Fetch Handler (Bun, Deno, etc.)

Effect HttpApp Handler

Error Handling

InngestError

Step Errors

Complete Example

See Also