Chris Kalaboukis wrote: > Hi guys: just got into Rails about a month ago and an about to launch > something. > > I use Heroku and they limit the execution time of pages to 30 seconds. i > have a process which takes a lot longer than that. So i'm trying to do a > delayed job. > > The docs on delayed job must be for the pros out there cause I can't > seem to find out the answers to a few simple questions.. > > - where do i put the file with the job in it > - what do i name it > - how do i call it > - how do I put it in the queue > - can I run it say, every 5 minutes? > > Anyways, hope someone out there can help me out... > > Thanks...Chris
This railscast should answer your first few questions - http://railscasts.com/episodes/171-delayed-job I'm using DJ on Heroku and I'm running jobs in a recurring fashion. I kick things off from the console. I just call some methods that I wrote that do nothing but enqueue some jobs. I have the recurring jobs re-enqueue themselves upon completion. Here's an example: def enqueue_media_cleanup #this is what I run from the Heroku console Delayed::Job.enqueue ClearOldEventsJob.new(), 0, 15.minutes.from_now Delayed::Job.enqueue DumpOldMediaJob.new(), 0, 2.minutes.from_now end def purge_expired_events #some code to do some stuff... #ClearOldEventsJob just runs/calls purge_expired_events Delayed::Job.enqueue ClearOldEventsJob.new(), 0, 6.hours.from_now end There are other ways to do it but this has been working well for me. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
