ApplicationBackgroundedService

Within any class extending your ApplicationBackgroundedService class, you will find both static and instance background methods. These methods are used to execute underlying methods on your model in the background. For instance, let's say you have a service that syncs your user data to a service like intercom, twilio, salesforce, helpdesk, etc...

class IntercomSync {
  public static async syncUser(id: IdType) {
    // ...sync user to intercom
  }
}

You can easily make this a backgroundable service. Simply extend ApplicationBackgroundedService, and now you can background:

class IntercomSync extends ApplicationBackgroundedService {
  public static async syncUser(id: string) {
    await this.background('_syncUser', id)
  }

  public static async _syncUser(id: IdType) {
    // ...sync user to intercom
  }
}

Now, from anywhere in your app you can safely call syncUser without tying up resources on the api request!