sync retry after RPC error

.gitignore

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ lib-cov
 *.pid
 *.gz
 *.swp
-
+tags
 pids
 logs
 results
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ node_modules
 peerdb.json
 
 npm-debug.log
-node_modules
 .nodemonignore
 
 .DS_Store

lib/Sync.js

@@ -199,19 +199,35 @@ function spec() {
   };
 
   Sync.prototype.init = function(opts) {
-    if (!(opts && opts.skip_db_connection)) {
-      mongoose.connect(config.db);
-    }
-    this.db = mongoose.connection;
     this.rpc = new RpcClient(config.bitcoind);
 
-    this.db.on('error', console.error.bind(console, 'connection error:'));
+
+    if (!(opts && opts.skip_db_connection)) {
+      mongoose.connect(config.db, {server: {auto_reconnect: true}} );
+    }
+
+    this.db = mongoose.connection;
+
+    this.db.on('error', function(err) {
+        console.log('connection error:' + err);
+        moogose.disconnect();
+    });
+
+    this.db.on('disconnect', function(err) {
+        console.log('disconnect:' + err);
+        mongoose.connect(config.db, {server: {auto_reconnect: true}} );
+    });
+
 
   };
 
   Sync.prototype.import_history = function(opts, next) {
 
     var that = this;
+
+    var retry_attemps = 100;
+    var retry_secs    = 2;
+
     this.db.once('open', function() {
       async.series([
       function(cb) {
@@ -240,10 +256,23 @@ function spec() {
       },
  
       function(cb) {
+        function sync() {
+          that.syncBlocks( function(err) {
+
+
+            if (err && err.message.match(/ECONNREFUSED/) && retry_attemps--){
+              setTimeout(function() {
+                console.log("Retrying in %d secs ", retry_secs);
+                sync();
+              }, retry_secs * 1000);
+            }
+            else  
+              return next(err); 
+          });
+        }
+
         if (!opts.skip_blocks) {
-          that.syncBlocks( cb);
-        } else {
-          cb();
+          sync();
         }
       },
 /* Exploding happens on block insertion
@@ -267,7 +296,7 @@ function spec() {
       }
 */
       ], function(err) {
-        return next(err);
+          return next(err);
       });
     });
   };