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ruby-on-railswaitjobssidekiqjob-scheduling

Sidekiq perform_later enqueue after waiting time

I need to add a job to run in the background, which I can easily do by MyJob.perform_later(args).

But I need some wait time before the scheduling, say 1 minute.

So if I schedule the job, it should get enqueued after 1 minute.

One workaround I could think of is to add sleep to my job. For example:

class MyJob < ApplicationJob
  def perform(args)
    sleep 1.minute
    code
    more code
    more code
  end
end

Which enqueues it immediately but sleeps in execution(not what I am looking for). There should be a better way to achieve this.

Solution

  • Well, you can set a wait option like MyJob.set(wait: 1.minute).perform_later

    By setting wait the job will be enqueued after 1 minute.

    Reference: https://guides.rubyonrails.org/v4.2/active_job_basics.html#enqueue-the-job