Task Queue

Tryton provides a way to run asynchronously some tasks. You must activate the worker in the queue section of the configuration and run the worker manager otherwise the tasks will be run at the end of the transaction.

A task is the parameters that defines how to call a method from a Model. This include the context, the user and the arguments. The first argument of the method must be an instance or a list of instances of Model. This other arguments must be JSON-ifiable.

A task is pushed into the queue by calling the desired method on the __queue__. This stores in the queue all the current parameters of the call and it will be execute by a worker or at the end of the transaction if no worker is configured. The following context keys are used as parameters for the queue:

queue_name

The name of the queue. Default value is default.

queue_scheduled_at

A datetime.timedelta to add to current time to define when the task should be started. Default value is None which means directly.

queue_expected_at

A datetime.timedelta to add to current time to define when the task should be finished. Default value is None which means as soon as possible.

queue_batch

An integer to divide the instances by batch of this size. If the value is true then the size is the value defined by the configuration queue of batch_size. Default is None which means no division.

Warning

There is no access right verification during the execution of the task.

Example:

from trytond.model import Model

class MyModel(Model):
    "My Model"
    __name__ = 'my_model'

    @classmethod
    def launch(cls, records):
        for record in records:
            cls.__queue__.process(record, 42)

    def process(self, value):
        self.value = value