Wait for Asynchronous Tasks

Some MeiliSearch operations are asynchronous, e.g. the document addition or the settings update. They will be put in a queue and will be executed in turn (asynchronously).

More about the asynchronous tasks of MeiliSearch

You might need to wait for the complete execution of this task before executing the rest of your code.
The wait_for_pending_update method makes the task synchronous:

def wait_for_pending_update(update_id, timeout_in_ms = 5000, interval_in_ms = 50)

⚠️ Don't use this method if you process an operation on a large batch of documents. It would stop your code execution for too long.

Example

With wait_for_pending_update:

puts 'Adding Le Petit Prince...'
response = index.add_document(id: 1, title: 'Le Petit Prince')
update_id = response['updateId']
wait_for_pending_update(update_id)
puts 'Addition done!'

Adding Le Petit Prince...
[MeiliSearch has finished adding the document]
Addition done!

Without wait_for_pending_update:

puts 'Adding Le Petit Prince...'
response = index.add_document(id: 1, title: 'Le Petit Prince')
puts 'Addition done!'

Adding Le Petit Prince...
Addition done!
[MeiliSearch has now finished adding the document, but not before the "Addition done!" was written]