eparreno · May 31, 2024 20:18 · Oct 29, 2015 · Oct 29, 2015 · Oct 29, 2015 · Oct 29, 2015
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-# How to delete Sidekiq jobs from a Rails app using ActiveJobs
+# How to delete Sidekiq jobs in a Rails app using ActiveJobs
 
 Sidekiq jobs can be enqueued or scheduled. Enqueued means that they are gonna be picked up as soon as possible, 
 scheduled jobs will be enqueued at some specific time.

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+# How to delete Sidekiq jobs from a Rails app using ActiveJobs
+
 Sidekiq jobs can be enqueued or scheduled. Enqueued means that they are gonna be picked up as soon as possible, 
 scheduled jobs will be enqueued at some specific time.
 

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+Sidekiq jobs can be enqueued or scheduled. Enqueued means that they are gonna be picked up as soon as possible, 
+scheduled jobs will be enqueued at some specific time.
+
+## job_id and jid
+When using ActiveJobs, Rails will return a `job_id` after sending the job to ActiveJobs
+
+```
+job = UserMailer.send_invite(params).deliver_later
+job.job_id => "9fb7b1f3-0159-49dd-b886-dfb8df991cd6"
+```
+
+Keep in mind that this is not the id Sidekiq uses to reference jobs internally. To get the Sidekiq `jid` 
+
+```
+# enqueued jobs
+job = UserMailer.send_invite(params).deliver_later
+Sidekiq::Queue.new("mailers").find { |job_id| job.job_id }.item["jid"]
+
+# scheduled jobs
+job = UserMailer.send_invite(params).deliver_later(wait: 1.hour)
+Sidekiq::ScheduledSet.new.find { |job_id| job.job_id }.item["jid"]
+```
+
+## Enqueued jobs
+
+Here's a typical example in a Rails app
+
+```
+job = UserMailer.send_invite(params).deliver_later
+```
+
+That jobs will go straight to the queue and will get processed as soon as possible. 
+Keep in mind that Sidekiq is fast as hell so if there are enough resources that job will be executed with virtually no delay, so it's
+almost impossible to delete a job from the queue unless Sidekiq is busy processing other jobs, that will give you some time to 
+delete the job.
+
+```
+queue = Sidekiq::Queue.new("mailer")
+queue.each do |job|
+  # using jid
+  job.delete if job.jid == 'sidekiq_job_id'
+  # using job_id
+  job.delete if job.job_id == 'rails_job_id'
+end
+```
+
+## Scheduled jobs
+
+In that case you'll have a bit more time to delete the job ;)
+
+```
+job = UserMailer.send_invite(params).deliver_later(wait: 1.hour)
+```
+
+```
+ss = Sidekiq::ScheduledSet.new
+ss.select { |job_id| job.job_id }.each(&:delete)
+```
+
+or using the `jid`
+
+```
+jid = Sidekiq::ScheduledSet.new.find { |job_id| job.job_id }.item["jid"]
+Sidekiq::ScheduledSet.new.find_job(jid).delete
+```
+
+or matching jobs by class instead of by ID
+
+```
+ss = Sidekiq::ScheduledSet.new
+jobs = ss.select {|job| job.klass == 'SomeWorker' }
+jobs.each(&:delete)
+```