amjith · November 23, 2013 00:14 · Nov 23, 2013
diff --git a/bg_task.py b/bg_task.py
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+import newrelic.agent
+
+newrelic.agent.initialize('staging.ini')
+newrelic.agent.register_application(timeout=10.0)
+
+def add(a, b):
+    return a + b
+
+def sub(a, b):
+    return a - b
+
+def mul(a, b):
+    return a * b
+
+def div(a, b):
+    return a / b
+
+
+class TaskRunner(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.application = newrelic.agent.application()
+        self.task_list = {'add': add, 'sub': sub, 'mul': mul, 'div': div}
+
+    def run_task(self, name, args):
+        task = self.task_list[name]
+        name = newrelic.agent.callable_name(task)
+        with newrelic.agent.BackgroundTask(self.application, name=name, group='Task'):
+            return task(*args)
+
+t = TaskRunner()
+print t.run_task('add', (1, 2))
+print t.run_task('sub', (1, 2))
+print t.run_task('mul', (1, 2))
+print t.run_task('div', (1, 2))