Question

I am trying to create the functionality in my app where a given entry in the database is set to delete at a certain time. I am new to rails an I am unsure how I can achieve this.

For example, once the expired time of an entry has been passed I want it to be deleted automatically. Any hints or ideas how this can be achieved? Thanks again.

Answer 1

You can run a rake task periodically (like every hour or every night). This job will check posts and delete expired ones.

You can schedule rake tasks using whenever gem, for example.

every 3.hours do
  rake "jobs:clear_stale"
end