Add retries for LDAP

Author: JoshuaTheMiller

package.json

@@ -25,18 +25,19 @@
     "ts-node": "^10.9.1",
     "typescript": "^5.0.2"
   },
-  "dependencies": {    
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@octokit/auth-app": "4.0.13",
     "@octokit/plugin-throttling": "^5.0.1",
     "axios": "^1.4.0",
+    "axios-retry": "^3.5.0",
     "dotenv": "^16.0.3",
     "express": "^4.18.2",
     "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
     "ldap-escape": "^2.0.6",
     "ldapjs": "^3.0.1",
     "octokit": "^2.0.14",
     "openapi-backend": "^5.9.1",
-    "swagger-ui-express": "^4.6.2",
-    "@octokit/auth-app": "4.0.13"
+    "swagger-ui-express": "^4.6.2"
   },
   "nodemonConfig": {
     "watch": [

src/services/ldapClient.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Config } from "../config";
 import ldap from "ldapjs";
 import ldapEscape from "ldap-escape";
 import axios from "axios";
+import axiosRetry from "axios-retry";
 
 const config = Config()
 
@@ -133,7 +134,12 @@ async function ForwardSearch(groupName: string) {
 
     console.log(`Retrieving group (${groupName}) information from '${requestUrl}'`);
     try{
-        const result = await axios.get(requestUrl);
+        // TODO: do not directly use axios.create from within a function like this
+        // it will cause a new client to be made per request.
+        const client = axios.create();
+        axiosRetry(client, { retries: 5 });
+
+        const result = await client.get(requestUrl);
         console.log(`Results for ${groupName}: ${result}`);
         return result.data as SearchAllResponse;
     }