gistfile1.rb

module Resque
  class Task
    attr_accessor :parent, :args
    attr_accessor :queue, :failed_at, :payload, :exception, :error, :backtrace, :worker
    
    def initialize(options={})
      options['parent'] = options.delete('class')
      options.each do |opt, val|
        self.send("#{opt}=", val)
      end
      if payload
        self.parent = payload['class']
        self.args = payload['args']
      end
    end
    
    def parent
      @parent.constantize
    end
    
    def owner
      # example use of args data
      @owner ||= User.find(args[1]) if args[1].present?
    end

    class << self
      def failed(start=0, finish=10000)
        Resque::Failure.all(start, finish).map {|failure| Resque::Task.new(failure) }
      end
      
      def queued(start=0, finish=10000)
        Resque.queues.map {|e| Resque.peek(e, start, finish) }.flatten.map {|task| Resque::Task.new(task) }
      end
    end
  end
end

Resque::Task.queued.each do |task|
  puts "Description: #{task.parent.to_s}"
  puts "Object: #{task.args[0]}"
  puts "Owner: #{task.owner.try(:username)}"
end

Resque::Task.failed.each do |task|
  puts "Description: #{task.parent.to_s}"
  puts "Object: #{task.args[0]}"
  puts "Owner: #{task.owner.try(:username)}"
  puts "Failed at: #{task.failed_at}"
end