The simplest way of using RQ with Django is to use django-rq. Follow the instructions in the README.
In order to use RQ together with Django, you have to start the worker in
a “Django context”. Possibly, you have to write a custom Django management
command to do so. In many cases, however, setting the DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE
environmental variable will already do the trick.
If settings.py is your Django settings file (as it is by default), use this:
$ DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=settings rq worker high default low