diff --git a/kue/kue-tests.ts b/kue/kue-tests.ts
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+/// <reference path="../node/node.d.ts" />
+/// <reference path="kue.d.ts" />
+
+import kue = require('kue');
+
+// create our job queue
+
+var jobs = kue.createQueue();
+
+// start redis with $ redis-server
+
+// create some jobs at random,
+// usually you would create these
+// in your http processes upon
+// user input etc.
+
+function create() {
+  var name = [ 'tobi', 'loki', 'jane', 'manny' ][ Math.random() * 4 | 0 ];
+  var job  = jobs.create( 'video conversion', {
+    title: 'converting ' + name + '\'s to avi', user: 1, frames: 200
+  });
+
+  job.on('complete', function() {
+    console.log(" Job complete");
+  }).on('failed', function() {
+    console.log(" Job failed");
+  }).on('progress', function(progress: number) {
+    process.stdout.write('\r  job #' + job.id + ' ' + progress + '% complete');
+  });
+
+  job.save();
+
+  setTimeout( create, Math.random() * 2000 | 0 );
+}
+
+create();
+
+// process video conversion jobs, 1 at a time.
+
+jobs.process('video conversion', 1, function(job: kue.Job, done: Function) {
+  var frames: number = job.data.frames;
+
+  function next(i: number) {
+    // pretend we are doing some work
+    convertFrame(i, function(err: Error) {
+      if (err) return done(err);
+      // report progress, i/frames complete
+      job.progress(i, frames);
+      if (i >= frames) done();
+      else next(i + Math.random() * 10);
+    } );
+  }
+
+  next(0);
+} );
+
+function convertFrame(i: number, fn: Function) {
+  setTimeout(fn, Math.random() * 50);
+}
+
+// one minute
+
+var minute = 60000;
+
+var email = jobs.create('email', {
+  title: 'Account renewal required', to: 'tj@learnboost.com', template: 'renewal-email'
+}).delay(minute)
+  .priority('high')
+  .save();
+
+
+email.on('promotion', function() {
+  console.log('renewal job promoted');
+} );
+
+email.on('complete', function() {
+  console.log('renewal job completed' );
+} );
+
+jobs.create('email', {
+  title: 'Account expired', to: 'tj@learnboost.com', template: 'expired-email'
+} ).delay( minute * 10 )
+  .priority('high')
+  .save();
+
+jobs.promote();
+
+jobs.process('email', 10, function(job: kue.Job, done: Function) {
+  setTimeout(function() {
+    done();
+  }, Math.random() * 5000);
+});
+
+// start the UI
+kue.app.listen(3000);
+console.log('UI started on port 3000');
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diff --git a/kue/kue.d.ts b/kue/kue.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for kue 0.9.x
+// Project: https://github.com/Automattic/kue
+// Definitions by: Nicholas Penree <http://github.com/drudge>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped
+
+/// <reference path="../node/node.d.ts" />
+/// <reference path="../redis/redis.d.ts" />
+/// <reference path="../express/express.d.ts" />
+
+declare module "kue" {
+  import events = require('events');
+  import express = require('express');
+  import redis = require('redis');
+
+  export class Queue extends events.EventEmitter {
+    name: string;
+    id: string;
+    promoter: any;
+    workers: Worker[];
+    shuttingDown: boolean;
+    client: redis.RedisClient;
+    testMode: TestMode;
+
+    static singleton: Queue;
+
+    constructor(options: Object);
+    create(type: string, data: Object): Job;
+    createJob(type: string, data: Object): Job;
+    promote(ms?: number): void;
+    setupTimer(): void;
+    checkJobPromotion(ms: number): void;
+    checkActiveJobTtl(ttlOptions: Object): void;
+    watchStuckJobs(ms: number): void;
+    setting(name: string, fn: Function): Queue;
+    process(type: string, n?: number, fn?: Function): void;
+    shutdown(timeout: number, type: string, fn: Function): Queue;
+    types(fn: Function): Queue;
+    state(string: string, fn: Function): Queue;
+    workTime(fn: Function): Queue;
+    cardByType(type: string, state: string, fn: Function): Queue;
+    card(state: string, fn: Function): Queue;
+    complete(fn: Function): Queue;
+    failed(fn: Function): Queue;
+    inactive(fn: Function): Queue;
+    active(fn: Function): Queue;
+    delayed(fn: Function): Queue;
+    completeCount(type: string, fn: Function): Queue;
+    failedCount(type: string, fn: Function): Queue;
+    inactiveCount(type: string, fn: Function): Queue;
+    activeCount(type: string, fn: Function): Queue;
+    delayedCount(type: string, fn: Function): Queue;
+  }
+
+  interface Priorities {
+    low: number;
+    normal: number;
+    medium: number;
+    high: number;
+    critical: number;
+  }
+
+  export class Job extends events.EventEmitter {
+    public id: number;
+    public type: string;
+    public data: any;
+    public client: redis.RedisClient;
+    private _max_attempts;
+
+    static priorities: Priorities;
+    static disableSearch: boolean;
+    static jobEvents: boolean;
+    static get(id: number, fn: Function): void;
+    static remove(id: number, fn?: Function): void;
+    static removeBadJob(id: number): void;
+    static log(id: number, fn: Function): void;
+    static range(from: number, to: number, order: string, fn: Function): void;
+    static rangeByState(state: string, from: number, to: number, order: string, fn: Function): void;
+    static rangeByType(type: string, state: string, from: number, to: number, order: string, fn: Function): void;
+
+    constructor(type: string, data?: any);
+    toJSON(): Object;
+    log(str: string): Job;
+    set(key: string, val: string, fn?: Function): Job;
+    get(key: string, fn?: Function): Job;
+    progress(complete: number, total: number, data?: any): Job;
+    delay(ms:number|Date): Job;
+    removeOnComplete(param: any): void;
+    backoff(param: any): void;
+    ttl(param: any): void;
+    private _getBackoffImpl(): void;
+    priority(level: string|number): Job;
+    attempt(fn: Function): Job;
+    reattempt(attempt: number, fn?: Function): void;
+    attempts(n: number): Job;
+    searchKeys(keys: string[]|string): Job;
+    remove(fn?: Function): Job;
+    state(state: string, fn?: Function): Job;
+    error(err: Error): Job;
+    complete(fn?: Function): Job;
+    failed(fn?: Function): Job;
+    inactive(fn?: Function): Job;
+    active(fn?: Function): Job;
+    delayed(fn?: Function): Job;
+    save(fn?: Function): Job;
+    update(fn?: Function): Job;
+    subscribe(fn?: Function): Job;
+  }
+
+  class Worker extends events.EventEmitter {
+    queue: Queue;
+    type: string;
+    client: redis.RedisClient;
+    job: Job;
+
+    constructor(queue: Queue, type: string);
+    start(fn: Function): Worker;
+    error(err: Error, job: Job): Worker;
+    failed(job: Job, theErr: Object, fn?: Function): Worker;
+    process(job: Job, fn: Function): Worker;
+    private zpop(key: string, fn: Function): void;
+    private getJob(fn: Function): void;
+    idle(): Worker;
+    shutdown(timeout: number, fn: Function): void;
+    emitJobEvent(event: Object, job: Job, arg1: any, arg2: any): void;
+    resume(): boolean;
+  }
+
+  interface Redis {
+    configureFactory(options: Object, queue: Queue): void;
+    createClient(): redis.RedisClient;
+    createClientFactory(options: Object): redis.RedisClient;
+    client(): redis.RedisClient;
+    pubsubClient(): redis.RedisClient;
+    reset(): void;
+  }
+
+  interface TestMode {
+    jobs: Job[];
+    enter(): void;
+    exit(): void;
+    clear(): void;
+  }
+
+  export var app: express.Application;
+  export var redis: Redis;
+  export var workers: Worker[];
+
+  export function createQueue(options?: Object): Queue;
+}
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