A simple module to add async method to your activerecord or other ruby objects

async_job.rb

module Resque
  module AsyncJob
    @@_queue= :default
    def self.included(base)
      base.extend(ClassMethods)
    end
  
    module ClassMethods
      # Set the default queue. chain method
      def queue(new_queue = nil)
        if new_queue 
          @@_queue = new_queue
          return self
        else 
          @@_queue 
        end
      end
  
      def perform(method, id=nil, *args)
        if id && id != 0
          find(id).send(method, *args)
        else
          if !id or id == 0
            self.send(method, *args)
          else
            self.send(method, id, *args)
          end
        end
      end
          
      def async(method, *args)
        Job.create(@@queue, self, method, 0, *args)
        Plugin.after_enqueue_hooks(self).each do |hook|
          klass.send(hook, *args)
        end
      end
    end
    def queue(new_queue = nil)
      if new_queue 
        @@_queue = new_queue
        return self
      else 
        @@_queue
      end
    end
  
    def async(method, *args)
      Job.create(@@_queue, self.class, method, self.id, *args)
      Plugin.after_enqueue_hooks(self.class).each do |hook|
        klass.send(hook, *args)
      end
    end
  end
end

if defined? ActiveRecord
  class ActiveRecord::Base
    include Resque::AsyncJob
  end
end

resque.rb

require 'yaml'
require 'resque_scheduler' # include the resque_scheduler 

Resque.schedule = YAML.load_file(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '../../config/resque_schedule.yml')) # load the schedule

Resque::Server.use Rack::Auth::Basic do |username, password|
    username == 'USERNAME' && password == 'PASSWORD'
end

Resque.redis.namespace = "resque:site_name"

resque_schedule.yml

daily:
  cron:  "0 0 * * * "
  queue: cron
  class: CronJob
  args: daily