sidekiq_tips.md

Sidekiq Tips

Add job to queue other than specified in the Worker class

You can add a job to a queue different from the one that is specified in the worker class. Instead of

SomeWorker.perform_async(some, arguments)

you can execute

Sidekiq::Client.push('queue' => 'some_other_queue',
                     'class' => SomeWorker,
                     'args' => [some, arguments])

This method accepts the following keys:

• queue - the named queue to use, default 'default'
• class - the worker class to call, required
• args - an array of simple arguments to the perform method, must be JSON-serializable
• retry - whether to retry this job if it fails, true or false, default true
• backtrace - whether to save any error backtrace, default false

Add many jobs to a queue

To add tens of thousands of jobs to a queue, it is recommended to use

Sidekiq::Client.push_bulk('queue' => 'some_other_queue',
                          'class' => SomeWorker,
                          'args' => [[some1, arguments1],
                                     [some2, arguments2],
                                     [some3, arguments3],
                                     [some4, arguments4],
                                     ])

It takes the same arguments as push above, but expects the 'args' to be an array. It cuts down on the redis round trip latency.