
Inngest Has a Free API That Turns Any Function Into a Durable Workflow
Inngest is the durable execution engine for TypeScript. Write functions that survive crashes, retries, and timeouts — automatically. Define Functions import { Inngest } from " inngest " ; const inngest = new Inngest ({ id : " my-app " }); export const scrapeAndNotify = inngest . createFunction ( { id : " scrape-and-notify " , retries : 3 }, { event : " scrape/requested " }, async ({ event , step }) => { // Step 1: Scrape the URL (retried independently) const data = await step . run ( " scrape-url " , async () => { const html = await fetch ( event . data . url ). then ( r => r . text ()); return parseProduct ( html ); }); // Step 2: Save to database const saved = await step . run ( " save-to-db " , async () => { return db . product . create ({ data }); }); // Step 3: Send notification await step . run ( " notify " , async () => { await sendEmail ( event . data . email , { subject : `Price update: ${ data . title } ` , body : `New price: $ ${ data . price } ` , }); }); return { product :
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