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1. Queue Problem

Problem

  • Imagine we are integrating an Email Service Provider into our app.
  • We need to send mass emails to announce a new campaign with 50k influencers at same time.
  • The ESP limits our sending process to 119/hour

Your Task

  • Clone this repository https://github.com/lemon-platform/lemon-test-queue-problem
  • Create database on /database/database.sqlite
  • Run php artisan migrate:fresh --seed to seed with 50k influencers
  • Create a command to send notifications to all influencers php artisan lemon:blast-new-campaign
  • The handle() function will create a job to notify all influencers about the new campaign
  • Use MailMessage to notify influencers via email
<?php

(new MailMessage)
  ->greeting('Hello!')
  ->line('We have a new campaign for you')
  ->line('Try new beauty product from Revlon')
  ->action('View Campaign', 'https://www.google.com');
  • Prepare your explanations in meeting with your repository prepared

Scoring

  • Demonstrate how you build
    • Dev environment with Laravel + MailHog
    • Laravel command php artisan lemon:blast-new-campaign
    • jobs to send notifications to influencers
    • create notifications with MailMessage
  • Demonstrate how you throttle email sending
    • Without timeout
    • Sending limit below process
    • Monitor job task with Laravel Horizon

Reference

  1. https://www.helloinbox.email/#reputation on warmup section
  2. Job Middleware https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/queues#job-middleware
  3. Notification https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/notifications