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How to access environment variables from .powenv in delayed job

I have some environment variables defined in .powenv.

export FOO=bar

A method that runs asynchronously via delayed_job needs to access this environment variable:

class A < ActiveRecord::Base
  def my_method
    B.new
  end
end
handle_asynchronously :my_method

class B
  def initialize
   puts ENV['FOO']
  end
end

a = A.find(1)
a.my_method

Is ENV['FOO'] available when my_method is called delayed?

Solution

  • I figured it out. Just run:

    . .powenv
script/console delayed_job start

    This answer led me to the right track: Environment variable in Rails console and Pow

    If you want to know what the dot command is for: https://superuser.com/questions/46139/what-does-source-do