gistfile1.rbx

thin start --threaded

class GeneralController < ApplicationController 
  def queue_size
    stuff = ""
    cur = Thread.current
    MQ.new.queue(params[:id] || 'crawls').status do |messages, consumers|
      stuff = "#{messages} messages and #{consumers} consumers in #{params[:id] || 'crawls'}"
      cur.wakeup
    end
    Thread.stop
    render :text => stuff
  end
end