report_queue_length.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Sends the length of each resque queue to Librato Metrics.
# Run it on a cron job and you'll have an idea of how backed up (or not) your queues are.

API_EMAIL="[email protected]"
API_TOKEN="1234..."

body=""
i=0

for queue in `redis-cli --raw smembers resque:queues`; do
  len=`redis-cli --raw llen resque:queue:$queue`
  body="${body}gauges[$i][name]=resque.queue.$queue.length&gauges[$i][value]=$len&"
  i=$((i+1))
done

curl -u $API_EMAIL:$API_TOKEN -d $body -X POST https://metrics-api.librato.com/v1/metrics