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+.idea/
+vendor/
+composer.lock
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+## Features
+
+This package provides tools for the following, and more:
+
+- Add jobs to queue
+
+## Installation
+
+Via composer
+
+``` bash
+$ composer require hlgrrnhrdt/laravel-resque
+```
+
+
+
+Copy the config the file ```config/resque.php``` from the package to your config folder.
+
+### Laravel
+
+
+``` php
+'providers' => [
+    Hlgrrnhrdt\Resque\ResqueServiceProvider::class
+]
+```
+
+### Lumen
+
+Open ```bootstrap/app.php``` and register the required service provider
+
+``` php
+$app->register(Hlgrrnhrdt\Resque\ResqueServiceProvider::class);
+```
+
+and load the config with
+``` php
+
+$app->configure('resque');
+```
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
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+{
+    "name": "hlgrrnhrdt/laravel-resque",
+    "authors": [
+        {
+            "name": "Holger Reinhardt",
+            "email": "hlgrrnhrdt@gmail.com"
+        }
+    ],
+    "require": {
+        "illuminate/console": "^5.2",
+        "illuminate/config": "^5.2",
+        "danhunsaker/php-resque": "^1.3"
+    },
+    "require-dev": {
+        "phpunit/phpunit": "^5.4"
+    },
+    "autoload": {
+        "psr-4": {
+            "Hlgrrnhrdt\\Resque\\": "src/"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/config/resque.php b/config/resque.php
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+<?php
+
+return [
+
+    /*
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Connection
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    */
+
+    'connection' => [
+        'host'     => env('RESQUE_REDIS_HOST', 'localhost'),
+        'port'     => env('RESQUE_REDIS_PORT', 6379),
+        'database' => env('RESQUE_REDIS_DATABASE', 0),
+    ],
+
+    /*
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Track Status
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    */
+
+    'prefix' => env('RESQUE_PREFIX', 'resque'),
+
+];
diff --git a/src/Console/WorkCommand.php b/src/Console/WorkCommand.php
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+<?php
+namespace Hlgrrnhrdt\Resque\Console;
+
+use Hlgrrnhrdt\Resque\Resque;
+use Illuminate\Console\Command as IlluminateCommand;
+use Resque_Worker;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
+
+/**
+ * WorkCommand
+ *
+ * @author Holger Reinhardt <holger.reinhardt@aboutyou.de>
+ */
+class WorkCommand extends IlluminateCommand
+{
+    /**
+     * The console command name.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $name = 'resque:work';
+
+    /**
+     * The console command description.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $description = 'Run a resque worker';
+
+    /**
+     * @var \Hlgrrnhrdt\Resque\Resque
+     */
+    private $resque;
+
+    /**
+     * @param \Hlgrrnhrdt\Resque\Resque $resque
+     */
+    public function __construct(Resque $resque)
+    {
+        parent::__construct();
+        $this->resque = $resque;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute the console command.
+     *
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function fire()
+    {
+        $queue = $this->option('queue');
+        $interval = (int)$this->option('interval');
+
+        $queues = explode(',', $queue);
+
+        $this->startWorker($queues, $interval);
+
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param array $queues
+     * @param int   $interval
+     */
+    private function startWorker(array $queues, $interval = 5)
+    {
+        $worker = new Resque_Worker($queues);
+        $this->info(\sprintf('Starting worker %s', $worker));
+        $worker->work($interval);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    protected function getOptions()
+    {
+        return [
+            ['queue', null, InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL, 'The queue to work on', 'default'],
+            ['interval', null, InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL, 'Amount of time to delay failed jobs', 5],
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Job.php b/src/Job.php
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+<?php
+namespace Hlgrrnhrdt\Resque;
+
+/**
+ * Job
+ *
+ * @author Holger Reinhardt <hlgrrnhrdt@gmail.com>
+ */
+abstract class Job
+{
+    /**
+     * @var \Resque_Job
+     */
+    public $job;
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    public $queue = 'default';
+
+    /**
+     * @var array
+     */
+    public $args = [];
+
+    /**
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function queue()
+    {
+        return $this->queue;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function arguments()
+    {
+        return $this->args ?: [];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function name()
+    {
+        return \get_class($this);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $queue
+     *
+     * @return Job
+     */
+    public function onQueue($queue)
+    {
+        $this->queue = $queue;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param Job $job
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function equals(Job $job)
+    {
+        return $this->name() === $job->name() && $this->arguments() === $job->arguments();
+    }
+
+    abstract public function perform();
+}
diff --git a/src/Queue.php b/src/Queue.php
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+<?php
+namespace Hlgrrnhrdt\Resque;
+
+/**
+ * Queue
+ *
+ * @author Holger Reinhardt <hlgrrnhrdt@gmail.com>
+ */
+class Queue
+{
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $name;
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $name
+     */
+    public function __construct($name)
+    {
+        $this->name = $name;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function name()
+    {
+        return $this->name;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function size()
+    {
+        return \Resque::size($this->name);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return Job[]
+     */
+    public function jobs()
+    {
+        $result = \Resque::redis()->lrange('queue:' . $this->name, 0, -1);
+        $jobs = [];
+        foreach ($result as $job) {
+            $jobs[] = (new \Resque_Job($this->name, \json_decode($job, true)))->getInstance();
+        }
+
+        return $jobs;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Resque.php b/src/Resque.php
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+<?php
+namespace Hlgrrnhrdt\Resque;
+
+use RuntimeException;
+
+/**
+ * Resque
+ *
+ * @author Holger Reinhardt <hlgrrnhrdt@gmail.com>
+ */
+class Resque
+{
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $prefix;
+
+    /**
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    protected $trackStatus = false;
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $prefix
+     *
+     * @return Resque
+     */
+    public function setPrefix($prefix)
+    {
+        \Resque_Redis::prefix($prefix);
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param Job  $job
+     * @param bool $trackStatus
+     *
+     * @return null|\Resque_Job_Status
+     */
+    public function enqueue(Job $job, $trackStatus = false)
+    {
+        $id = \Resque::enqueue($job->queue(), $job->name(), $job->arguments(), $trackStatus);
+
+        if (true === $trackStatus) {
+            return new \Resque_Job_Status($id);
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param Job  $job
+     * @param bool $trackStatus
+     *
+     * @return null|\Resque_Job_Status
+     */
+    public function enqueueOnce(Job $job, $trackStatus = false)
+    {
+        $queue = new Queue($job->queue());
+
+        foreach ($queue->jobs() as $queuedJob) {
+            if (true === $job->equals($queuedJob)) {
+                return ($trackStatus) ? new \Resque_Job_Status($queuedJob->job->payload['id']) : null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $this->enqueue($job, $trackStatus);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return \Resque_Redis
+     */
+    public function redis()
+    {
+        return \Resque::redis();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return int
+     *
+     * @throws RuntimeException
+     */
+    public function fork()
+    {
+        return \Resque::fork();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ResqueServiceProvider.php b/src/ResqueServiceProvider.php
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+<?php
+namespace Hlgrrnhrdt\Resque;
+
+use Hlgrrnhrdt\Resque\Console\WorkCommand;
+use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
+
+/**
+ * ResqueServiceProvider
+ *
+ * @author Holger Reinhardt <hlgrrnhrdt@gmail.com>
+ */
+class ResqueServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
+{
+    /**
+     *
+     */
+    public function boot()
+    {
+        $this->setRedisConfig();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Register the service provider.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function register()
+    {
+        $this->registerResque();
+        $this->registerWorkCommand();
+    }
+
+    protected function registerResque()
+    {
+        $this->app->singleton(Resque::class, function () {
+            $prefix = $this->app['config']['resque.prefix'];
+            return (new Resque())->setPrefix($prefix ?: 'resque');
+        });
+    }
+
+    protected function registerWorkCommand()
+    {
+        $this->app->singleton('command.resque.work', function () {
+            return new WorkCommand($this->app->make(Resque::class));
+        });
+        $this->commands('command.resque.work');
+    }
+
+    protected function setRedisConfig()
+    {
+        $config = $this->app['config']['resque.connection'];
+
+        $host = isset($config['host']) ? $config['host'] : 'localhost';
+        $port = isset($config['port']) ? $config['port'] : 6379;
+        $database = isset($config['database']) ? $config['database'] : 0;
+
+        $server = implode(':', [$host, $port]);
+
+        \Resque::setBackend($server, $database);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Worker.php b/src/Worker.php
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+<?php
+namespace Hlgrrnhrdt\Resque;
+
+/**
+ * Worker
+ *
+ * @author Holger Reinhardt <holger.reinhardt@aboutyou.de>
+ */
+class Worker
+{
+    /**
+     * @var \Resque_Worker
+     */
+    private $worker;
+
+    /**
+     * @param \Resque_Worker $worker
+     */
+    public function __construct(\Resque_Worker $worker)
+    {
+        $this->worker = $worker;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function id()
+    {
+        return (string)$this->worker;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function stop()
+    {
+        list(, $pid,) = \explode(':', $this->id());
+        return \posix_kill($pid, 3);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return Queue[]
+     */
+    public function queues()
+    {
+        $queues = \array_map(function ($queue) {
+            return new Queue($queue);
+        }, $this->worker->queues());
+
+        return $queues;
+    }
+}