Go Google Appengine RunInBackground

gistfile1.go

package harvest

import (
        _ "encoding/base64"
        _ "fmt"
        "net/http"
        "appengine"
        "appengine/runtime"
        _ "math"
    )

func init() {
      http.HandleFunc("/_ah/warmup", handleWarmup)
      http.HandleFunc("/_ah/start", handleStart)
      http.HandleFunc("/_ah/stop", handleStop)
}

func handleWarmup(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
      c := appengine.NewContext(r)
      c.Infof("Warming up.")
}

func handleStart(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
      c := appengine.NewContext(r)
      error := runtime.RunInBackground(c, runLoop)
      c.Infof("error %s", error)
}

func runLoop(c appengine.Context) {
      c.Infof("Running")
      for {
        time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 2000)
      }
      return
}

func handleStop(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
      c := appengine.NewContext(r)
      c.Infof("Stopping.")
}