OK, have you seen this: http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/04#Background-Processes-and-Task-Queues ?
On Monday, July 11, 2011 10:19:59 AM UTC-4, David J wrote: > Anthony; > > Thanks; I wanted my object to be created on application startup; > > I know that I can put objects in my model and they are available; but I > wanted something like application scope that has a life longer than the > request; > > What I am trying to accomplish is an event queue type system. > > so when the application starts and event queue starts and as I process > requests; I can add events to the queue and they can run in the back ground; > > I thought if I started my app in models like > > queue = EventQueue() > > queue.start() > > seems like once the request lifecycle completes the queue is no longer > running as I am guessing it would probably hold up the request from > finishing; > > so I am looking for an alternative place to start the queue say when the > application starts and store that somewhere globally. > > Thanks. > > > On 7/11/11 10:08 AM, Anthony wrote: > > All the model files in the root /models folder are run on every request to > the application, so any object defined in one of those files will be > available application wide. Is that what you're looking for? > > Note, as of version 1.96.1, there are also conditional model files that > execute only when a particular controller and/or function is requested. For > example, model files in the /models/controller1 folder will only execute > when the incoming request is for 'controller1', and model files in the > /models/controller1/func1 folder will only execute when the incoming request > is for 'controller1/func1'. > > Anthony > > On Monday, July 11, 2011 9:59:06 AM UTC-4, David J wrote: > >> Is there place to specify a global object that runs when the application >> runs? >> >> Like application scope? >> >> Thanks. >> > >
