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RQ (_Redis Queue_) is a simple Python library for queueing jobs and processing
them in the background with workers. It is backed by Redis and it is designed
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to have a low barrier to entry. It should be integrated in your web stack
easily.
## Getting started
First, run a Redis server, of course:
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$ redis-server
To put jobs on queues, you don't have to do anything special, just define
your typically lengthy or blocking function:
import requests
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def count_words_at_url(url):
resp = requests.get(url)
return len(resp.text.split())
You do use the excellent [requests][r] package, don't you?
Then, create a RQ queue:
from rq import *
use_connection()
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q = Queue()
And enqueue the function call:
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from my_module import count_words_at_url
result = q.enqueue(count_words_at_url, 'http://nvie.com')
For a more complete example, refer to the [docs][d]. But this is the essence.
### The worker
To start executing enqueued function calls in the background, start a worker
from your project's directory:
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$ rqworker
*** Listening for work on default
Got count_words_at_url('http://nvie.com') from default
Job result = 818
*** Listening for work on default
That's about it.
## Installation
Simply use the following command to install the latest released version:
pip install rq
If you want the cutting edge version (that may well be broken), use this:
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pip install -e git+git@github.com:nvie/rq.git@master#egg=rq
## Project history
This project has been inspired by the good parts of [Celery][1], [Resque][2]
and [this snippet][3], and has been created as a lightweight alternative to the
heaviness of Celery or other AMQP-based queueing implementations.
[r]: http://python-requests.org
[d]: http://nvie.github.com/rq/docs/
[m]: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/mailer
[p]: http://docs.python.org/library/pickle.html
[1]: http://www.celeryproject.org/
[2]: https://github.com/defunkt/resque
[3]: http://flask.pocoo.org/snippets/73/