addjobs.js

// var express = require('express');
// var app = express();
// var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var kue = require('kue')
  , queue = kue.createQueue();

// The commented out parts are if you'd like to include queue in your server and manually add jobs in code.
// The code not commented out is if you'd like to use the JSON API (useful for bulk posts).

// app.use(bodyParser.json());

// app.post("/jobs", (req, res, next) => {
//   console.log('Recieved the following:', req.body)
//   var job = queue.create('email', req.body).removeOnComplete( true ).save( function(err){
//     if( err ) console.log( 'Error on job with ID ' + job.id );
//     console.log('Added job with ID ' + job.id);
//     res.send('Added job with ID ' + job.id)
//   });
// });

// app.listen(3000, function () {
//   console.log('Listening on port 3000!');

//   queue.on('job enqueue', function(id, type){
//     console.log( 'Job %s got queued of type %s', id, type );
//   }).on('job complete', function(id, result){
//     kue.Job.get(id, function(err, job){
//       if (err) return;
//       job.remove(function(err){
//         if (err) throw err;
//         console.log('removed completed job #%d', job.id);
//       });
//     });
//   });
// });


kue.app.listen(3000);

Kue Notes

You can access the UI at the localhost:`PORT_SPECIFIED`.
Example curl:

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d '[{
       "type": "email",
       "data": {
         "title": "welcome email for tj",
         "to": "tj@learnboost.com",
         "template": "welcome-email"
       },
       "options" : {
         "attempts": 5,
         "priority": "high"
       }
     },
     {
       "type": "email",
       "data": {
         "title": "followup email for pa",
         "to": "papa@learnboost.com",
         "template": "followup-email"
       },
       "options" : {
         "delay: 5000,
         "attempts": 5,
         "priority": "high"
       }
     },
     {
       "type": "email",
       "data": {
         "title": "followup email for la",
         "to": "lalala@learnboost.com",
         "template": "followup-email"
       },
       "options" : {
         "attempts": 5,
         "priority": "high"
       }
     }]' http://localhost:3000/job

runjobs.js

var fs = require('fs');
var kue = require('kue')
  , queue = kue.createQueue();

queue.process('email', 20, function(job, done){
  email(job.data.to, job.id, done);
});

function email(address, id, done) {
  if(!address) {
    //done('invalid to address') is possible but discouraged
    return done(new Error('invalid to address'));
  }
  // email send stuff...
  console.log(new Date() + ': Send the email out to ' + address);
  writeThing(`${id}: ${address}`);
  done();
}

function writeThing(txt) {
  fs.writeFile("./tmp", `${txt}\n` , {flag: "a+"}, function(err) {
    if(err) {
        return console.log(err);
    }
    console.log("The file was saved!");
  });
}