Add background command to download complete ingredient list

[rolandgeider]

At the moment the command python3 manage.py sync-ingredients will download all ingridients from another wger instance, but this proces takes a looooooong time (several hours). We already have a version of this that runs on a celery queue every x months (sync_all_ingredients_task), but it would be really helpful if we could start this process manually with a mangement command python3 manage.py sync-ingredients-async

[crypto-a]

Hello, I would like to work on this if it's still available?

[rolandgeider]

Hi @crypto-a ! Sure, go ahead

(If you have questions, need help to setup everything, or anything feel free to ping me)

[crypto-a]

@rolandgeider Thank you. I’ve completed the code, but I’m encountering some issues with testing. When I try to run the command directly, I get an error related to the function I’m calling. This indicates that the function is being invoked, but the code isn’t working as expected for me.

Do you have any advice on how I might resolve this? I suspect there might be an issue with celery.

[rolandgeider]

yes, sounds like it, how did you setup the dev environment? If you installed django etc in a venv, you need to start celery manually as well: celery -A wger worker -l INFO

[crypto-a]

@rolandgeider Thanks for your help!