gcapu/python-rq-minimal

Minimal app using redis rq in python.

python-rq minimal app

Minimal app using redis pub/sub. Based on the rq site example here.

This app sends a redis queue job to the worker, which counts the words in a website. The app prints the result of the jobs immediately after the job submissions, which should result in none as output. Then it waits five seconds and prints the result after the worker has finished the job.

Setup

This project requires redis and python with the rq and requests libraries.

On mac install redis with brew install redis

Then set the environment for python with

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Run

First run the redis server using

redis-server redis.conf

In a new terminal activate the environment and then start the worker with

source .venv/bin/activate
rq worker

In yet another terminal, activate the environment and then start the app that submits the jobs using

source .venv/bin/activate
python -u app.py

Pass extra arguments to check the number of words in those sites. Otherwise default websites are used. For example:

(.venv)$ python -u app.py http://wikipedia.org https://stackoverflow.com
Checking the number of words on http://wikipedia.org, https://stackoverflow.com
Immediately:
None
None
After waiting for 5 seconds:
3547
7437