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thunderousNinja
thunderousNinja

Reputation: 3520

How can I delete an model entry at a given time (Rails)?

I am trying to create the functionality in my app where a given entry in the database is set to delete at a certain time. I am new to rails an I am unsure how I can achieve this.

For example, once the expired time of an entry has been passed I want it to be deleted automatically. Any hints or ideas how this can be achieved? Thanks again.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 251

Answers (2)

Bhushan Lodha
Bhushan Lodha

Reputation: 6862

Background job is what will solve your problem. Resque and Sidekiq are two awesome options on background job. You can keep scheduler that runs in specific interval to check if entry has expired and if yes, delete the entry. Here is the railcasts on resque and [this one]. Whenever is also an option but the other two mentioned above are still better.

Upvotes: 2

Sergio Tulentsev
Sergio Tulentsev

Reputation: 230296

You can run a rake task periodically (like every hour or every night). This job will check posts and delete expired ones.

You can schedule rake tasks using whenever gem, for example.

every 3.hours do
  rake "jobs:clear_stale"
end

Upvotes: 2

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