Let users delete a specific job from a queue in the web UI

app/controllers/resque_web/application_controller.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 module ResqueWeb
   class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
+    include ActionView::Helpers::TextHelper
     protect_from_forgery
     before_filter :set_subtabs, :authorize
 

app/controllers/resque_web/jobs_controller.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+module ResqueWeb
+  class JobsController < ApplicationController
+
+    def destroy
+      args = JSON.parse(params[:args])
+      destroyed = Resque::Job.destroy(params[:queue], params[:job_class], *args)
+      flash[:info] = "#{pluralize(destroyed, 'job')} deleted."
+      redirect_to queue_path(params[:queue])
+    end
+
+  end
+end

app/views/layouts/resque_web/application.html.erb

@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
 <% end %>
 
 <div class="container" id="main">
+  <% flash.each do |key, message| %>
+    <div class="alert alert-<%= key %>"><%= message %></div>
+  <% end %>
   <%= yield %>
 </div>
 

app/views/resque_web/queues/show.html.erb

@@ -13,11 +13,20 @@
     <tr>
       <th>Class</th>
       <th>Args</th>
+      <th>Actions</th>
     </tr>
     <% queue_jobs.each do |job| %>
     <tr>
       <td class='class'><%= job['class'] %></td>
       <td class='args'><%=h job['args'].inspect %></td>
+      <td class='actions'>
+        <%= form_tag(job_path(job['class']), :method => :delete) do %>
+          <%= hidden_field_tag :queue, params[:id] %>
+          <%= hidden_field_tag :job_class, job['class'] %>
+          <%= hidden_field_tag :args, JSON.dump(job['args']) %>
+          <%= submit_tag "Delete", :class => 'btn btn-default' %>
+        <% end %>
+      </td>
     </tr>
     <% end %>
     <% if queue_jobs.empty? %>

config/routes.rb

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
   resource  :overview,  :only => [:show], :controller => :overview
   resources :working,   :only => [:index]
+  resources :jobs,      :only => [:destroy], param: :job_class
   resources :queues,    :only => [:index,:show,:destroy], :constraints => {:id => id_pattern} do
     member do
       put 'clear' 

test/functional/jobs_controller_test.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+require 'test_helper'
+
+module ResqueWeb
+  class JobsControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
+    include ControllerTestHelpers
+
+    let(:queue_name) { 'example_queue' }
+    let(:args)       { ['foo', 'bar'] }
+    let(:params)     { { queue: queue_name, job_class: 'ExampleJob', args: JSON.dump(args)} }
+
+    setup do
+      @routes = Engine.routes
+      Resque.push(queue_name, class: 'ExampleJob', args: args)
+      @queue_size = Resque.size(queue_name)
+    end
+
+    teardown do
+      Resque.remove_queue(queue_name)
+    end
+
+    describe "DELETE /destroy" do
+      let(:params_without_args) do
+        params.merge(:args => JSON.dump([]))
+      end
+
+      it "deletes a job having the specified arguments" do
+        visit(:destroy, params, method: :delete)
+        new_queue_size = Resque.size(queue_name)
+        assert_equal((@queue_size - 1), new_queue_size)
+      end
+
+      it "deletes all jobs of a class if no args are specified" do
+        Resque.push(queue_name, class: 'ExampleJob')
+        visit(:destroy, params_without_args, method: :delete)
+        new_queue_size = Resque.size(queue_name)
+        assert_equal(0, new_queue_size)
+      end
+
+      it "redirects to the queue's show page" do
+        visit(:destroy, params, method: :delete)
+        assert_redirected_to queue_path(queue_name)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end