Clockwork::Event conflicts with Event Model

[Bill Mantegna]

I have a rails model named Event, which is conflicting with Clockwork::Event.

If I put my Model within a module (ie Restaurant::Event), then this works properly. I could also rename the model (I've tested this code using other models without error). Another potential solution is to rename the model, but I think it would be easier to figure out how to solve this issue at it's source. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

~/app/models/event.rb:

class Event < ActiveRecord::Base
  ...
end

~/gemfile:

gem 'clockwork', '~> 2', git: 'https://github.com/Rykian/clockwork'

~/clock.rb:

require 'clockwork'
require './config/boot'
require './config/environment'

include Clockwork

handler do |job|
  puts "Job: #{job}"
end

every(2.seconds, 'print first event') do
  puts Event.first.to_json unless Event.first.nil?
end

Terminal:

$ clockwork clock.rb
I, [2017-01-22T13:11:16.626278 #8084]  INFO -- : Starting clock for 1 events: [ print first event ]
I, [2017-01-22T13:11:16.626868 #8084]  INFO -- : Triggering 'print first event'
E, [2017-01-22T13:11:16.627195 #8084] ERROR -- : undefined method `first' for Clockwork::Event:Class (NoMethodError)
...

[Phillip Ridlen]

Hi @wmantegna, maybe try using the root namespace? (::Event)

You might also need to put the things inside module Clockwork instead of doing include Clockwork (Like the Quickstart example in the README).

[Bill Mantegna]

That solved it! Thanks for your help!

For transparency sake, here is my updated clock.rb:

require 'clockwork'
require './config/boot'
require './config/environment'

module Clockwork

  handler do |job|
    puts "Job: #{job}"
  end

  every(2.seconds, 'print first event') do
    puts ::Event.first.to_json unless ::Event.first.nil?
  end
end