Adds bulk get to ironmq

django_q/brokers/__init__.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ class Broker(object):
         self.connection = self.get_connection(list_key)
         self.list_key = list_key
         self.cache = self.get_cache()
+        self.task_cache = []
 
     def enqueue(self, task):
         """

django_q/brokers/ironmq.py

@@ -1,18 +1,25 @@
-from django_q.conf import Conf
+from django_q.conf import Conf, logger
 from django_q.brokers import Broker
 from iron_mq import IronMQ
 
 
 class IronMQBroker(Broker):
-
     def enqueue(self, task):
         return self.connection.post(task)['ids'][0]
 
     def dequeue(self):
-        timeout = Conf.RETRY or None
+        t = None
-        task = self.connection.get(timeout=timeout, wait=1)['messages']
+        if len(self.task_cache) > 0:
-        if task:
+            t = self.task_cache.pop()
-            return task[0]['id'], task[0]['body']
+        else:
+            timeout = Conf.RETRY or None
+            tasks = self.connection.get(timeout=timeout, wait=1, max=Conf.IRON_MQ_MAX)['messages']
+            if tasks:
+                t = tasks.pop()
+                if tasks:
+                    self.task_cache = tasks
+        if t:
+            return t['id'], t['body']
 
     def ping(self):
         return self.connection.name == self.list_key
@@ -41,4 +48,4 @@ class IronMQBroker(Broker):
     @staticmethod
     def get_connection(list_key=Conf.PREFIX):
         ironmq = IronMQ(name=None, **Conf.IRON_MQ)
-        return ironmq.queue(queue_name=list_key)
+        return ironmq.queue(queue_name=list_key)

django_q/conf.py

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class Conf(object):
 
     # IronMQ broker
     IRON_MQ = conf.get('iron_mq', None)
+    IRON_MQ_MAX = conf.get('iron_mq_max', 1)
 
     # Name of the cluster or site. For when you run multiple sites on one redis server
     PREFIX = conf.get('name', 'default')

django_q/tests/test_brokers.py

@@ -129,3 +129,4 @@ def test_ironmq():
     assert broker.queue_size() == 0
     # back to django-redis
     Conf.IRON_MQ = None
+    Conf.DJANGO_REDIS = 'default'