delayed_job-active_job

The Delayed Job adapter will be removed from Rails soon. This gem extracts it so that you can continue using Delayed Job with Active Job.

If you are using a version of Rails that includes a Delayed Job adapter, using this gem will replace Rails' version with this gem's.

This gem implements some new features beyond what the Rails adapter did. See features for instructions.

• Support for perform_all_later.
• You can set run_at when bulk enqueueing.
• You can persist extra attributes on a job by writing to job_attributes.

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• Quick start
• Features
• Support
• License
• Contribution guide

Quick start

gem install delayed_job-active_job

Configure the Active Job backend. See the Rails docs for more information.

# config/application.rb
config.active_job.queue_adapter = :delayed_job

Features

This gem supports all the base functionality of any Active Job adapter. So anything in https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_job_basics.html should work. If it doesn't please log an issue.

perform_all_later

ActiveJob.perform_all_later([HelloJob.new("Jamie"), HelloJob.new("John"), HelloJob.new("Alex")])

Under the hood, this uses Delayed::Job.insert_all to insert all the jobs into the database using a single SQL query.

Set run_at when bulk enqueueing

job = HelloJob.new("Alex")
job.run_at = 1.hour.from_now
ActiveJob.perform_all_later([job])

This is the equivalent to HelloJob.set(wait: 1.hour).perform_later("Alex").

Extra attributes via job_attributes

job = HelloJob.new("Alex")
job.job_attributes = { metadata: "foo" }
job.enqueue

job = HelloJob.new("Alex")
job.job_attributes = { metadata: "foo" }
ActiveJob.perform_all_later([job])

These examples would write "foo" into the metadata column on the delayed_jobs table. This works with any type of column, not just strings.

Support

If you want to report a bug, or have ideas, feedback or questions about the gem, let me know via GitHub issues and I will do my best to provide a helpful answer. Happy hacking!

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Contribution guide

Pull requests are welcome!