delete_failed_jobs.py

from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand

from rq.registry import FailedJobRegistry
from django_rq.queues import get_queue
from django_rq.utils import get_jobs


class Command(BaseCommand):
    help = 'Delete failed jobs from Django RQ.'

    def add_arguments(self, parser):
        parser.add_argument('-q', '--queue', default='default', help='queue name (default: "default")')
        parser.add_argument('-f', '--func', help='optional job function name, e.g. "app.tasks.func"')
        parser.add_argument('--dry-run', action='store_true', help='Do not actually delete failed jobs')

    def handle(self, *args, **options):
        queue = get_queue(options['queue'])
        registry = FailedJobRegistry(queue.name, queue.connection)
        job_ids = registry.get_job_ids()
        jobs = get_jobs(queue, job_ids, registry)
        func_name = options.get('func')
        if func_name:
            jobs = [job for job in jobs if job.func_name == func_name]
        if options['dry_run']:
            print(f'Found {len(jobs)} failed jobs')
        else:
            for job in jobs:
                queue.connection.lrem(queue.key, 0, job.id)
                job.delete()
            print(f'Deleted {len(jobs)} failed jobs')