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source/_posts/2018-02-27-queuing-private-messages-in-drupal-8.md

@@ -5,15 +5,21 @@ tags:
     - drupal-8
     - drupal-modules
     - drupal-planet
+    - open-source
 draft: true
 ---
-[Private Message][0].
+{% block excerpt %}
+My current project at [Microserve][0] is a Drupal 8 website that uses the [Private Message][1] module for users to send messages to each other.
 
+In some cases though, the threads could contain hundreds of recipients so I decided that it would be good to queue the message requests so that they can be processed as part of a background process for better performance. The Private Message module does not include this, so I've written and released a separate [Private Message Queue][2] module.
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
 ## Queuing a Message
 
 The module provices a `PrivateMessageQueuer` service (`private_message_queue.queuer`) which queues the items via the `queue()` method.
 
-The method accepts an array of `User` objects as the messsage recipients, the message body text and another user as the message owner.
+The method accepts an array of `User` objects as the messsage recipients, the message body text and another user as the message owner. (I’m currently considering [whether to make the owner optional][4], and default to the current user if one is not specified)
 
 Here is an example:
 
@@ -42,7 +48,7 @@ The module also provides a `PrivateMessageQueue` queue worker, which processes t
 
 It uses the `PrivateMessageThread` class from the Private Message module to find for an existing thread for the specified recipients, or creates a new thread if one isn't found. The new message is then added to the thread.
 
-The queue is processed on each cron run, so I recommend adding a module like [Ultimate Cron][1] so that you can process the queued items frequently (e.g. every 15 minutes) and run the heavier tasks like checking for updates etc less frequently (e.g. once a day).
+The queue is processed on each cron run, so I recommend adding a module like [Ultimate Cron][3] so that you can process the queued items frequently (e.g. every 15 minutes) and run the heavier tasks like checking for updates etc less frequently (e.g. once a day).
 
 You can also process the queue manually with Drush using the `drush queue-run <queue-name>` command - e.g. `drush queue-run private_message_queue`.
 
@@ -50,6 +56,10 @@ You can also process the queue manually with Drush using the `drush queue-run <q
 $ drush queue-run private_message_queue
 Processed 19 items from the private_message_queue queue in 3.34 sec.
 ```
+{% endblock %}
 
-[0]: https://www.drupal.org/project/private_message
-[1]: https://www.drupal.org/project/ultimate_cron
+[0]: https://microserve.io
+[1]: https://www.drupal.org/project/private_message
+[2]: https://www.drupal.org/project/private_message_queue
+[3]: https://www.drupal.org/project/ultimate_cron
+[4]: https://www.drupal.org/project/private_message_queue/issues/2948233