How do I prioritize a job created with the delayed_jobs gem?

Question

I am using the delayed_job gem like this:

Delayed::Job.enqueue Note.new(parameter_hash)

The jobs are processed by Heroku workers. I need to prioritize some jobs. I know there is a priority setting for delayed_job, but I'm not sure how to use it with the above job creation line.

How do I make a job higher priority?

Answer 1

According to the docs, by default jobs are scheduled with a priority of 0--which is the highest priority. In this case, lower numbers have higher priorities.

To schedule some jobs at different priorities, use:

Delayed::Job.enqueue Note.new(parameter_hash), :priority => 10

Again, though, lower number = higher priority. A job with a priority of 0 is higher priority than one with 10.