RabbitMQ Queue Consumer Creation

This function creates a RabbitMQ consumer to receive and print messages from a specified queue.

Technology Stack : PyAMQP, RabbitMQ

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
import random
import pika

def random_queue_consumer(queue_name):
    # Establish connection to RabbitMQ server
    connection = pika.BlockingConnection(pika.ConnectionParameters('localhost'))
    channel = connection.channel()
    
    # Declare a queue
    channel.queue_declare(queue=queue_name)
    
    # Define a callback function for handling messages
    def callback(ch, method, properties, body):
        print(f"Received message: {body}")
        ch.basic_ack(delivery_tag=method.delivery_tag)
    
    # Start consuming messages from the queue
    channel.basic_consume(queue=queue_name, on_message_callback=callback)
    
    print(f" [*] Waiting for messages. To exit press CTRL+C")
    channel.start_consuming()