How can I trigger a dramatiq-crontab job for testing?

[hihosilvers]

I'd like to be able to trigger a cron job so I can test that everything from the dramatiq-crontab -> my function chain is running properly in a unit test. This is especially useful in catching incompatibilities that might arise from updating a library somewhere in the stack.

Is there a way to do this?

Thanks

[codingjoe]

Hi @hihosilvers 👋,

Thanks for reaching out. Yes, you can! Cron-tasks are just normal dramatiq tasks, which are pretty much normal functions. Therefore, you can just call them like any function my_job().

If you want to test your entire stack, you can refer to dramatiq's testing guide.

I hope this helps. Please let us know, should you have more questions.

Best
Joe