Guide_Getting started without celery

Without Celery

Install django-wm from PyPI:

pip install django-wm
python manage.py migrate

In your project settings.py file add a new line with:

WEBMENTIONS_USE_CELERY = False

Run manage.py pending_migrations to batch-process any pending Webmentions.

How it works

Processing a webmention requires a number of network calls to the other (sending/receiving) server, any of which might have errors or take a while to complete. When celery is disabled, incoming and outgoing Webmentions will store required data in your database so they can be processed separately.

• When you save a model that implements MentionableMixin, a PendingOutgoingContent object will be created.
• When an incoming Webmention is received, a PendingIncomingWebmention object will be created.

You can then batch-process these using the mentions_pending management command:

python manage.py mentions_pending

You may want to schedule this to run regularly via something like cron.

# Run every hour at 27 minutes past.
27 * * * * /path/to/python /path/to/project/manage.py mentions_pending

All done?

Go back and follow the rest of the instructions for django-wm