LabelEngine.cs

[RegisterSingleton]
public class LabelEngine
{
    private readonly ILogger _logger;
    private readonly Timer _timer;
    private readonly AsyncReaderWriterLock _lock = new();
    private IBrowser _browser = null!;
    private readonly string _browserPath;

    public LabelEngine(ILogger logger, IOptions<LabelEngineOptions> options)
    {
        _logger = logger;
        _browserPath = options.Value.BrowserPath;
        _timer = new Timer(RestartBrowser, null, TimeSpan.FromMinutes(20), TimeSpan.FromMinutes(20));
    }
    
    public Task InitAsync() => StartBrowser();

    public async Task<LabelResult> GenerateLabel(LabelFieldsModel inputData, string templateFile)
    {
        using (await _lock.ReaderLockAsync())
        {
            Guard.IsNotNullOrEmpty(templateFile, nameof(templateFile));

            var templatePath = FileManager.GetTemplatePath(templateFile);
            if (!File.Exists(templatePath))
            {
                _logger.Error("Template file not found: {TemplatePath}", templatePath);
                throw new FileNotFoundException($"Template file not found: {templatePath}");
            }

            var content = await File.ReadAllTextAsync(templatePath);
            var template = Template.ParseLiquid(content);
            var result = await template.RenderAsync(inputData, member => member.Name);
            if (result is null)
            {
                throw new InvalidOperationException("An error happened when attempting to build the render the template.");
            }

            var labelId = Guid.NewGuid();
            using var htmlLabel = FileManager.CreateTempFileEntry("html", labelId);
            await File.WriteAllTextAsync(htmlLabel.FilePath, result);

            await using var page = await _browser.NewPageAsync();
            await page.GoToAsync($"file://{htmlLabel.FilePath}");

            var labelOutputPath = FileManager.GetLabelPath(labelId);
            await page.PdfAsync(labelOutputPath, new()
            {
                Format = PaperFormat.A4
            });

            return new()
            {
                LabelId = labelId, TrackingNumber = inputData.TrackingNumber
            };
        }
    }

    private async Task StartBrowser()
    {
        var launchOptions = new LaunchOptions
        {
            ExecutablePath = _browserPath, Headless = true, Args = new[]
            {
                "--disable-gpu", "--no-sandbox", "--disable-software-rasterizer", "--disable-dev-shm-usage", "--disable-extensions", "--disable-background-networking", "--disable-sync", "--metrics-recording-only", "--disable-default-apps", "--mute-audio"
            }
        };

        _browser = await Puppeteer.LaunchAsync(launchOptions);
    }

    private async void RestartBrowser(object? state)
    {
        using (await _lock.WriterLockAsync())
        {
            try
            {
                await _browser.CloseAsync();
                await StartBrowser();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                _logger.Error(ex, "Error restarting browser");
            }
        }
    }
}

@tcortega Looks good. Which library are you using for AsyncReaderWriterLock?

@tcortega Looks good. Which library are you using for AsyncReaderWriterLock?

https://github.com/StephenCleary/AsyncEx

Nito.AsyncEx.Coordination more specifically.