Add a method to run the purge process in a continuous loop

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/app/models/purge_request.rb b/app/models/purge_request.rb
index a96d0f39e..1450058b1 100644
--- a/app/models/purge_request.rb
+++ b/app/models/purge_request.rb
@@ -6,10 +6,24 @@
 #
 
 class PurgeRequest < ActiveRecord::Base
-    require 'open-uri'
     def self.purge_all
+        done_something = false
         for item in PurgeRequest.all()
             item.purge
+            done_something = true
+        end
+        return done_something
+    end
+
+    def self.purge_all_loop
+        # Run purge_all in an endless loop, sleeping when there is nothing to do
+        while true
+            sleep_seconds = 1
+            while !purge_all
+                sleep sleep_seconds
+                sleep_seconds *= 2
+                sleep_seconds = 300 if sleep_seconds > 300
+            end
         end
     end