SidekiqAsyncTask

A lightweight gem to ensure safe execution of asyncronous Sidekiq Jobs within a transaction in Rails in a DB backed way. More details here : http://vkarun.me/sidekiqasynctask.html

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'sidekiq_async_task'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Generate migration files:

$ rails generate sidekiq_async_task:install

Run an DB migration next

$ rake db:migrate

Usage

Simply inherit

    class HardWorker < SidekiqAsyncTask::TransactionSupport
      include Sidekiq::Worker
      sidekiq_options retry: false

      def perform_with_callback(*args)

      end

    end

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

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

Acknowledgments

I'd like to thank @Javeshgarg, Pawan Nagwani and @dmonojit for the inspiration behind this.