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From Ruby to Elixir
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From Ruby to Elixir

by Stephen Bussey
April 2024
Beginner to intermediate
224 pages
5h 7m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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Implement an Oban Worker

In the previous section, you got a sneak peek of what an Oban worker module looks like—it’s really simple to create one. But before we get to that point, we need to set up Oban. Once Oban is set up for our app, we’ll add our worker and test it out.

Add Oban to Our SMS App

Oban has great guides to walk you through implementing it. It’s a fairly quick process, but it might change slightly over time as the library grows and changes. So if you do run into any issues, then make sure to read the Oban Installation Guide.[101]

The first step is to include the Oban dependency in mix.exs:

 {​:oban​, ​"​​~> 2.16"​},

And then run mix deps.get to bring it into your project.

Oban uses a database to store jobs, so next ...

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