call

Call a task by name.

def call(
    ctx: click.Context,
    name: string,
    args: list = [],
    kwargs: dict = {},
    eta: string,
    countdown: float,
    expires: string|float,
    serializer: string = json,
    queue: string,
    exchange: string,
    routing_key: string
) - > null

Call a task by name.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
ctx	click.Context	The Click context object containing the Celery application instance and configuration.
name	string	The fully qualified name of the Celery task to be executed.
args	list = []	A list of positional arguments to pass to the task function.
kwargs	dict = {}	A dictionary of keyword arguments to pass to the task function.
eta	string	The scheduled time in ISO8601 format when the task should be executed.
countdown	float	The number of seconds from the current time to wait before executing the task.
expires	`string	float`
serializer	string = json	The name of the serialization method used to encode the task message.
queue	string	The name of the specific message queue to which the task should be routed.
exchange	string	The name of the custom exchange to use for routing the task message.
routing_key	string	The custom routing key used to determine which queue receives the task message.

Returns

Type	Description
null	The function prints the unique task ID to the standard output and returns nothing.