#128 Starling and Workling

Sep 22, 2008 | 9 minutes | Tools, Plugins, Background Jobs

Need to run a task frequently in the background? Starling and Workling is a killer combination for doing just that. See how in this episode.

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          bash
        
gem install starling
script/plugin install http://svn.playtype.net/plugins/workling/
starling -d -P tmp/pids/starling.pid -q log/
script/workling_starling_client start

          config/environments/development.rb
        
Workling::Remote.dispatcher = Workling::Remote::Runners::StarlingRunner.new

          mailings_controller.rb
        
MailingsWorker.async_send_mailing(:mailing_id => params[:id])

          app/workers/mailings_worker.rb
        
class MailingsWorker < Workling::Base
  def send_mailing(options)
    mailing = Mailing.find(options[:mailing_id])
    mailing.deliver
  end
end