Make the worker post json. Add a retry timeout after an incompletel queue item is processed. Submit webhook jobs to the queue on a successful push.

workers/webhookworker.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import logging
 import daemon
 import argparse
 import requests
+import json
 
 from data.queue import webhook_queue
 from workers.worker import Worker
@@ -20,9 +21,10 @@ class WebhookWorker(Worker):
   def process_queue_item(self, job_details):
     url = job_details['url']
     payload = job_details['payload']
+    headers = {'Content-type': 'application/json'}
 
     try:
-      resp = requests.post(url, data=payload)
+      resp = requests.post(url, data=json.dumps(payload), headers=headers)
       if resp.status_code/100 != 2:
         logger.error('%s response for webhook to url: %s' % (resp.status_code,
                                                              url))