How to get rufus-scheduler working with a Rails app deployed to Heroku?

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In `./config/initializers` I've created a file called `task_scheduler.rb` and it contains the following code: ``` require 'rufus-scheduler' require 'mechanize' scheduler = Rufus::Scheduler.new scheduler.every("1h") do puts "Starting Rufus Scheduler - Task 1 - Checking exampleShop for new orders" a = Mechanize.new a.get('http://exampleshop.nl/admin/') do |page| # Select the login form login_form = page.forms.first # Insert the username and password login_form.username = 'username' login_form.password = 'password' # Submit the login information dashboard_page = a.submit(login_form, login_form.buttons.first) # Check if the login was successfull puts check_1 = dashboard_page.title == 'Dashboard' ? "CHECK 1 DASHBOARD SUCCESS" : "CHECK 1 DASHBOARD FAIL" # Visit the orders index page to scrape some standard information orders_page = a.click(dashboard_page.link_with(:text => /Bestellingen/)) # pp orders_page # => http://pastebin.com/L3zASer6 # Check if the visit is successful puts check_2 = o…

Accepted Answer

Here's an example of how to get it to work on Rails:

```
#
# config/initializers/scheduler.rb
require 'rufus-scheduler'

# Let's use the rufus-scheduler singleton
#
s = Rufus::Scheduler.singleton

# Awesome recurrent task...
#
s.every '1m' do
  Rails.logger.info "hello, it's #{Time.now}"
end
```

Take a look at the documentation.

How to get rufus-scheduler working with a Rails app deployed to Heroku?

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