alternative approach

rowers/longtask.py

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ redis_connection = StrictRedis()
 
 import redis
 import threading
+import requests
+from django.conf import settings
 
 def getvalue(data):
     perc = 0
@@ -55,4 +57,23 @@ def longtask(aantal,jobid=None,debug=False,
 
 
 
+    return 1
+
+def longtask2(aantal,jobid=None,debug=False):
+    counter = 0
+
+    channel = 'tasks'
+    for i in range(aantal):
+        time.sleep(1)
+        counter += 1
+        if counter > 10:
+            counter = 0
+            if debug:
+                progress = int(100.*i/aantal)
+                if jobid != None:
+                    url = settings.SITE_URL+"/rowers/record-progress/"
+                    url += str(progress)+"/"+jobid
+                    s = requests.get(url)
+
+
     return 1