Celery Task runner

task_runner.py

from celery.utils.log import get_logger
from django.conf import settings
logger = get_logger(__name__)


class TaskRunner:

    def __init__(self, func_code, func, args=[], kwargs={}, task_kwargs={}):
        self.func_code = func_code # This could be used to save to db
        self.func = func
        self.args = args
        self.kwargs = kwargs
        self.task_kwargs = task_kwargs

    @property
    def _task_kwargs(self):
        # retries
        retries_policy = getattr(settings, "RETRIES_POLICY")
        if not self.task_kwargs.get('retries_policy') and retries_policy:
            self.task_kwargs['retries_policy'] = retries_policy
            self.task_kwargs['retry'] = True

        return self.task_kwargs


    def run(self):
        try:
            return self.func.s(*self.args, **self.kwargs).apply_async(**self._task_kwargs)
        except self.func.OperationalError as exc:
            logger.exception('Sending task raised: %r', exc)
        

        

Add RETRIES_POLICY dictionary to your settings.py file

Running task, send_email using this util

task = TaskRunner('send_email', send_email, args=['myemail@email.com'], task_kwargs={'countdown': 3}).run()