Schedule job in rails

Rails
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Dear all

I created a module in my_rails_project/lib/ssc.rb. I can execute the
method in rails console (i.e. SSC::Monitor.method1(a,b)). How can I
execute the method regularly? I am using Linux, can I do it using
crontab? Thank you.

module SSC
class Monitor
def self.method1(a,b)
bla bla bla
some code will access the model class
end

def self.method1(a,b)
end

end
end

Many thanks

Valentino

2

Dear all

I tried script/runner for this, but every execution need to initialize
the rails environment. Any other good idea for it? What is your
good/best practice?

Many thanks

Valentino

3

Especially if this method is accessing your models, I don’t see a way
around loading your entire rails environment.

I think a more common solution would be to create a rake task which
you invoke with cron…

On Feb 12, 10:53 pm, Valentino L. [email protected]

4

Check out #128 Starling and Workling - RailsCasts and
#130 Monitoring with God - RailsCasts

There are a number of different ways to have a task persist, and run on
a regular schedule. I’ve also previously used background-db and cron
seems to be a popular option. I tend to go with whatever has the easiest
tutorials that i can find!

Anyone else feel free to weigh in if you have any more suggestions.

5

I think a more common solution would be to create a rake task which
you invoke with cron…

Thank for your reply

How can I do it with rake task? Can you give me some reference?

Thanks again

Valentino

6

Hi look this

http://www.railsenvy.com/2007/6/11/ruby-on-rails-rake-tutorial

7

I use cron to schedule wget:

wget http://localhost:3000/cron

cron_controller invokes your method

8

That’s a great idea, until someone in the outside finds out about that
path/resource. You’re opening up too much and scriptkiddies can get
happy attempting a DoS. Wondering if you handle that somehow (IP address
check or something)?

9

If there are no hostile users on the server, in the controller:

if local_request?
do the action
else
ignore or log hostile action
end

HTH,
Jeffrey

Quoting Harold A. Gimenez [email protected]:

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Harold A. Gimenez wrote:

That’s a great idea, until someone in the outside finds out about that
path/resource. You’re opening up too much and scriptkiddies can get
happy attempting a DoS. Wondering if you handle that somehow (IP address
check or something)?

How about using HTTP basic authentication so only authorized clients can
access the controller action? Which would be only your rake task.

I haven’t thought this through, It’s just the first thing that came to
mind.

11

That can be spoofed

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On 14/02/2009, at 4:21 AM, “Jeffrey L. Taylor” [email protected]

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wget http://localhost:3000/cron

cron_controller invokes your method

Thanks, it is a very good idea. How about if my action require 2
parameters? How to do that?

Let me further elabroate on my question. For example in my Cron
Controller

def someaction
some_method(params[:one],params[:two])
end

Is it possible to do this in my crontab as follow?

10 10 * * * wget http://localhost:3000/cron/someaction “para1” “para2”

Many thanks

Valentino

13

Mario G. wrote:

I use cron to schedule wget:

wget http://localhost:3000/cron

cron_controller invokes your method

Thanks, it is a very good idea. How about if my action require 2
parameters? How to do that?

Thanks again

Valentino

14

No quite like that. If you’re sending an HTTP GET request to any URL,
you
would pass parameters to the URL itself, something like:
http://localhost:3000/cron?param1=value1&param2=value2 etc

What looks attractive to me about this approach (of using wget via cron
instead of a rake task) is that you are not bringing up an entire rails
environment to handle a task. There’s less overhead. Just be sure to
lock it
down with a combination of things that have been suggested here: IP
Address
check, local_request?, http basic authentication. There may be more you
can
do…

On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 12:52 AM, Valentino L. <

15

Citation needed.

Quoting Julian L. [email protected]:

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On Saturday 14 February 2009 12:52 am, Valentino L. wrote:

Is it possible to do this in my crontab as follow?

10 10 * * * wget http://localhost:3000/cron/someaction “para1” “para2”

I’m not sure, but an alternative is to put the wget command in a small
shell script (Linux talk, iiuc) or a .bat file (MS talk, iiuc). Then
invoke that shell script or .bat file from cron.

Randy K.

I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I created a video
instead.–with apologies to Cicero, et.al.

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def someaction
some_method(params[:one],params[:two])
end

Is it possible to do this in my crontab as follow?

10 10 * * * wgethttp://localhost:3000/cron/someaction"para1" “para2”

You will need to pass the para1, and para2 to the someaction method so
at a minimum you have to change the signature of the someaction method
as below:

def someaction para1, para2
…
end

now within this method you can do anything you want only thing is that
this method needs to be public in scope and you need to make sure that
it requires no authentication otherwise your wget request will fail.
I usually use script/runner in Rails for such needs. wget may or may
not work depending on how restful your routes are and controller
action is.

Bharat