--- title: Bridging Elixir and Python with Oban | daily.dev description: Oban, the job processing library for Elixir, now has a Python counterpart that enables seamless cross-language job exchange via a shared PostgreSQL database.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/bridging-elixir-and-python-with-oban-ksknqtocl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Bridging Elixir and Python with Oban | daily.dev og:description: Oban, the job processing library for Elixir, now has a Python counterpart that enables seamless cross-language job exchange via a shared PostgreSQL database.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/bridging-elixir-and-python-with-oban-ksknqtocl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/KSKnQTOcl.png og:image:alt: Bridging Elixir and Python with Oban og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Bridging Elixir and Python with Oban **[ElixirStatus](https://daily.dev/sources/elixirstatus)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Oban, the job processing library for Elixir, now has a Python counterpart that enables seamless cross-language job exchange via a shared PostgreSQL database. Both libraries read and write to the same `oban_jobs` table, allowing Elixir apps to enqueue jobs for Python workers and vice versa. A demo app called 'Badge Forge' illustrates the pattern: Elixir enqueues badge generation jobs, a Python worker uses WeasyPrint to render PDFs, then enqueues a confirmation job back to Elixir. A standalone Oban Web Docker image provides dashboard monitoring for all connected instances. The approach avoids HTTP calls or external message queues, using the database itself as the task broker. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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