Export data to excel using queue in laravel

Question

Hello I am trying to export excel file using laravel queue. I have integrated maatwebsite for the same.

Here is what I have done so far

Controller

public function export()
{
    $this->dispatch(new ExportDistributorJob([]));
    Session::flash('success','Data is being exported to excel file.');
    return redirect()->back();
}

Job

<?php

namespace App\Jobs;

use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\Dispatchable;

use App\Model\Products;
use Excel;

class ExportDistributorJob implements ShouldQueue
{
    use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;

    public function __construct(array $request)
    {
        $this->queue = 'default'; 
        $this->data = $request;
    }

    public function handle()
    {   
        $data = array(
                       'Name' => 'John', 
                       'City' => 'Washington'
                    );

        return Excel::create('invoice', function($excel) use ($data) {
        $excel->sheet('mySheet', function($sheet) use ($data)
        {
            $sheet->fromArray($data);
        });
        })->download('xlsx');

    }
} 

?>

When I execute the program. It stores data in jobs table and attempts 3 times to execute after that gets

MaxAttemptsExceededException error.

I am not able to export data to excel file using queue.

 QUEUE_DRIVER=database 

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Answer 1

The Excel class is imported incorrectly from the package namespace.

use Maatwebsite\Excel\Excel;

Also ExportDistributorJob::handle method is returning a HTTP response and terminates the script

In the context of a job, this is wreckless as it ends the job abruptly. You should instead store the spreadsheet .

public function handle()
{   
    $data = array(
                   'Name' => 'John', 
                   'City' => 'Washington'
                );

    return Excel::create('invoice', function($excel) use ($data) {
        $excel->sheet('mySheet', function($sheet) use ($data) {
            $sheet->fromArray($data);
        });
    })->store('xlsx', storage_path('excel/exports'));

}