actionhero/bin/methods/enqueueTask.js

actionhero.js is a multi-transport API Server with integrated cluster capabilities and delayed tasks

'use strict';

exports.enqueueTask = function(binary, next){
  var actionheroPrototype = require(binary.actionheroRoot + '/actionhero.js').actionheroPrototype;
  var actionhero = new actionheroPrototype();
  var configChanges = {logger: {transports: null}};

  actionhero.initialize({configChanges: configChanges}, function(error, api){
    if(error){ throw(error); }

    try{
      if(!binary.argv.name){ throw new Error('--name required'); }
      if(!api.tasks.tasks[binary.argv.name]){ throw new Error('Task "' + binary.argv.name + '" not found'); }
    }catch(e){
      binary.log(e.message, 'error');
      process.exit(1);
    }

    var args = {};
    if(binary.argv.args){ args = JSON.parse(binary.argv.args); }

    api.resque.startQueue(function(){
      api.tasks.enqueue(binary.argv.name, args, function(error, toRun){
        if(error){
          binary.log(error, 'alert');
        }else{
          binary.log(toRun);
        }
        next(true);
      });
    });
  });
};