[google-appengine] Delay task execution by one minute?

I am trying to throttle the amount that a particular task occurs by delaying the task for around one minute. Any subsequent tasks added with the same name within that minute would be rejected (I know how to do this part). Do you know how I can achieve this? Thanks in advance. -- You receive

Re: [google-appengine] Delay task execution by one minute?

You could use the countdown or eta arguments when creating the task. Note, neither is guaranteed to be respected. For example, if your queue gets backed up for some reason you might wind up with a large burst of tasks. http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/taskqueue/tasks.html#Task You c

Re: [google-appengine] Delay task execution by one minute?

Thanks Robert. Your response has solved one of my problems but highlighted another. I had mistakenly thought the task name would be available as soon as it executes, and therefore the name could be used as a key to ensure only one of that task is queued at a time. Do you know how I can achieve

Re: [google-appengine] Delay task execution by one minute?

Hi, It depends on your actual application. One method is to use some type of counter that is updated when the task runs, just append the current count to the task name. In some applications there might be a 'natural' counter you could use, such as a revision count on the entity you're updating.