media files import with lock to force single run

tubearchivist/home/src/helper.py

@@ -100,6 +100,12 @@ def get_dl_message(cache_dir):
     return json_str
 
 
+def get_lock(lock_key):
+    """ handle lock for task management """
+    redis_lock = redis.Redis(host=REDIS_HOST).lock(lock_key)
+    return redis_lock
+
+
 def monitor_cache_dir(cache_dir):
     """
     look at download cache dir directly as alterative progress info

tubearchivist/home/tasks.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from home.src.download import (
 )
 from home.src.config import AppConfig
 from home.src.reindex import reindex_old_documents, ManualImport
+from home.src.helper import get_lock
 
 
 CONFIG = AppConfig().config
@@ -75,7 +76,20 @@ def check_reindex():
 @shared_task
 def run_manual_import():
     """ called from settings page, to go through import folder """
+
     print('starting media file import')
+    have_lock = False
+    my_lock = get_lock('manual_import')
+
+    try:
+        have_lock = my_lock.acquire(blocking=False)
+        if have_lock:
             import_handler = ManualImport()
             if import_handler.identified:
                 import_handler.process_import()
+        else:
+            print("Did not acquire lock form import.")
+
+    finally:
+        if have_lock:
+            my_lock.release()