Executing workflows

Now that we have defined our workflow and its jobs, we can use it:

1. Start background worker process

Important: The command to start background workers depends on the backend you chose for ActiveJob. For example, in case of Sidekiq this would be:

bundle exec sidekiq -q gush

Click here to see backends section in official ActiveJob documentation about configuring backends

Hint: gush uses gush queue name by default. Keep that in mind, because some backends (like Sidekiq) will only run jobs from explicitly stated queues.

2. Create the workflow instance

flow = PokemonWorkflow.new

3. Start the workflow

flow.start!

Now Gush will start processing jobs in the background using ActiveJob and your chosen backend.

4. Monitor its progress:

flow.reload
flow.status
#=> :running|:finished|:failed

reload is needed to see the latest status, since workflows are updated asynchronously.