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Processing a really long list of things in the background using celery
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| @celery.task | |
| def process_list_of_things(things): | |
| try: | |
| for i in range(min(20, len(things))): | |
| thing = things.pop() | |
| process_thing(thing) | |
| except SoftTimeLimitExceeded: | |
| things.append(thing) | |
| if things: | |
| process_list_of_things.delay(things) |
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