[Feature Request] Minion Backend list_jobs: using args as search filter

[atoomic]

list_jobs allow to filter on @$options{qw(ids notes queues states tasks)} but this would be a great addition to be able to filter on args

Simple use case:

• avoiding duplicate pending jobs in the queue [using a guard]

Workaround using a note... which can be used in the search. Otherwise will have to look for every inactive jobs...

 my $mykey = join '_', @$args;
 my $guard_key = $mykey;
 my $guard = $minion->guard( $guard_key, $timeout );
 my $search = $minion->backend->list_jobs( 0, 1, { 
    notes => [ $mykey ], # workaround
    states => [ 'inactive' ] 
    } );

# already a pending job for this same task, avoid adding one... 
return if $search && $search->{total}; 
my $id = $minion->enqueue( something => $args, { notes => { $mykey => 1 } } );

[kraih]

Problem is performance, since args are arbitrary data structures i don't see how they could ever be searched efficiently.

[arhak]

It doesn't have to be the $args itself Same $mykey as in the given example may have a better placement than notes key

Many use cases would take advantage of identifying an instance of a task performed onto a given object

While reducing a queue of items, knowing that a job has been already queued for a given item->id would be handy

[rabbiveesh]

You can already work around this if you know that you need to search it by putting the id you're interested in also into notes. I'm fairly certain that's what we concluded last time I brought this up on IRC

[kraih]

Yes, i believe we already have the best possible solution for this problem implemented with indexed notes keys. There is nothing more for us to do.

[kraih]

Having a slow search option with an args like '%foo%' search is still a possibility, since it would be rather useful for the admin ui.