Getting Started#

Install#

pip install saq
pip install saq[web,hiredis]

Example#

import asyncio

from saq import CronJob, Queue

# all functions take in context dict and kwargs
async def test(ctx, *, a):
    await asyncio.sleep(0.5)
    # result should be json serializable
    # custom serializers and deserializers can be used through Queue(dump=,load=)
    return {"x": a}

async def cron(ctx):
  print("i am a cron job")

async def startup(ctx):
    ctx["db"] = await create_db()

async def shutdown(ctx):
    await ctx["db"].disconnect()

async def before_process(ctx):
    print(ctx["job"], ctx["db"])

async def after_process(ctx):
    pass

queue = Queue.from_url("redis://localhost")

settings = {
    "queue": queue,
    "functions": [test],
    "concurrency": 10,
    "cron_jobs": [CronJob(cron, cron="* * * * * */5")], # run every 5 seconds
    "startup": startup,
    "shutdown": shutdown,
    "before_process": before_process,
    "after_process": after_process,
}

To start the worker, assuming the previous is available in the python path

saq module.file.settings

To enqueue jobs

# schedule a job normally
job = await queue.enqueue("test", a=1)

# wait 1 second for the job to complete
await job.refresh(1)
print(job.results)

# run a job and return the result
print(await queue.apply("test", a=2))

# schedule a job in 10 seconds
await queue.enqueue("test", a=1, scheduled=time.time() + 10)

Demo#

Start the worker:

saq examples.simple.settings --web

Navigate to the Web UI: http://localhost:8080

Enqueue jobs:

python examples/simple.py