Allow Sidekiq::Client to push / push_bulk job with class as a String

lib/sidekiq/client.rb

@@ -122,10 +122,17 @@ module Sidekiq
     def self.normalize_item(item)
       raise(ArgumentError, "Message must be a Hash of the form: { 'class' => SomeWorker, 'args' => ['bob', 1, :foo => 'bar'] }") unless item.is_a?(Hash)
       raise(ArgumentError, "Message must include a class and set of arguments: #{item.inspect}") if !item['class'] || !item['args']
-      raise(ArgumentError, "Message must include a Sidekiq::Worker class, not class name: #{item['class'].ancestors.inspect}") if !item['class'].is_a?(Class) || !item['class'].respond_to?('get_sidekiq_options')
+      raise(ArgumentError, "Message class must be either a Class or String representation of the class name") unless item['class'].is_a?(Class) || item['class'].is_a?(String)
+
+      if item['class'].is_a?(Class)
+        raise(ArgumentError, "Message must include a Sidekiq::Worker class, not class name: #{item['class'].ancestors.inspect}") if !item['class'].is_a?(Class) || !item['class'].respond_to?('get_sidekiq_options')
+        normalized_item = item['class'].get_sidekiq_options.merge(item.dup)
+        normalized_item['class'] = normalized_item['class'].to_s
+      else
+        normalized_item = item.dup
+        normalized_item['queue'] = 'default' unless normalized_item['queue']
+      end
 
-      normalized_item = item['class'].get_sidekiq_options.merge(item.dup)
-      normalized_item['class'] = normalized_item['class'].to_s
       normalized_item['retry'] = !!normalized_item['retry'] unless normalized_item['retry'].is_a?(Fixnum)
       normalized_item['jid'] = SecureRandom.hex(12)
 

test/test_client.rb

@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ class TestClient < MiniTest::Unit::TestCase
       assert_raises ArgumentError do
         Sidekiq::Client.push('foo', :class => 'Foo', :noargs => [1, 2])
       end
+
+      assert_raises ArgumentError do
+        Sidekiq::Client.push('queue' => 'foo', 'class' => MyWorker, 'noargs' => [1, 2])
+      end
+
+      assert_raises ArgumentError do
+        Sidekiq::Client.push('queue' => 'foo', 'class' => 42, 'args' => [1, 2])
+      end
+
     end
 
     it 'pushes messages to redis' do
@@ -40,6 +49,14 @@ class TestClient < MiniTest::Unit::TestCase
       @redis.verify
     end
 
+    it 'pushes messages to redis using a String class' do
+      @redis.expect :rpush, 1, ['queue:foo', String]
+      pushed = Sidekiq::Client.push('queue' => 'foo', 'class' => 'MyWorker', 'args' => [1, 2])
+      assert pushed
+      assert_equal 24, pushed.size
+      @redis.verify
+    end
+
     class MyWorker
       include Sidekiq::Worker
     end
@@ -105,6 +122,11 @@ class TestClient < MiniTest::Unit::TestCase
       count = Sidekiq::Client.push_bulk('class' => QueuedWorker, 'args' => (1..1_000).to_a.map { |x| Array(x) })
       assert_equal 1_000, count
     end
+    it 'can push a large set of jobs at once using a String class' do
+      a = Time.now
+      count = Sidekiq::Client.push_bulk('class' => 'QueuedWorker', 'args' => (1..1_000).to_a.map { |x| Array(x) })
+      assert_equal 1_000, count
+    end
   end
 
   class BaseWorker