--- title: Make a method a recurring task with solid queue | daily.dev description: A quick refactoring tip for Ruby on Rails developers using Solid Queue: instead of creating a thin wrapper ActiveJob class just to call a single method in... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/make-a-method-a-recurring-task-with-solid-queue-1wi3psymj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Make a method a recurring task with solid queue | daily.dev og:description: A quick refactoring tip for Ruby on Rails developers using Solid Queue: instead of creating a thin wrapper ActiveJob class just to call a single method in... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/make-a-method-a-recurring-task-with-solid-queue-1wi3psymj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1wi3PSymj.png og:image:alt: Make a method a recurring task with solid queue 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. # Make a method a recurring task with solid queue **[RUBYLAND](https://daily.dev/sources/rubyla)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A quick refactoring tip for Ruby on Rails developers using Solid Queue: instead of creating a thin wrapper ActiveJob class just to call a single method in recurring.yml, you can use the `command:` key to invoke a plain Ruby class method directly. This removes boilerplate, keeps logic in a plain Ruby object, and requires only a worker configured for the `solid_queue_recurring` queue. You can also override the queue per task. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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