Convert validation processing to a celery task

reddit/tasks.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from celery.decorators import task
+from reddit.models import RedditAccount
 from reddit.api import Inbox
 import settings
 
@@ -7,3 +8,18 @@ def send_reddit_message(to, subject, message):
     ib = Inbox(username=settings.REDDIT_USER, password=settings.REDDIT_PASSWORD)
     ib.send(to, subject, message)
 
+@task(ignore_result=True)
+def process_validations():
+    log = process_validations.get_logger()
+    inbox = Inbox(settings.REDDIT_USER, settings.REDDIT_PASSWORD)
+    for msg in inbox:
+        if not msg.was_comment:
+            try:
+                acc = RedditAccount.objects.get(username__iexact=msg.author)
+                if not acc.validated and msg.subject == "Validation: %s" % acc.user.username:
+                    log.info("Validated %s" % acc.user.username)
+                    acc.validated = True
+                    acc.save()
+            except RedditAccount.DoesNotExist:
+                continue
+