# AMQP
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Simple Elixir wrapper for the Erlang RabbitMQ client.
The API is based on Langohr, a Clojure client for RabbitMQ.
## Usage
Add AMQP as a dependency in your `mix.exs` file.
```elixir
def deps do
[{:amqp, "0.0.6"}]
end
```
You should also update your application list to include `:amqp`:
```elixir
def application do
[applications: [:amqp]]
end
```
After you are done, run `mix deps.get` in your shell to fetch and compile AMQP. Start an interactive Elixir shell with `iex -S mix`.
```iex
iex> {:ok, conn} = AMQP.Connection.open
{:ok, %AMQP.Connection{pid: #PID<0.165.0>}}
iex> {:ok, chan} = AMQP.Channel.open(conn)
{:ok, %AMQP.Channel{conn: %AMQP.Connection{pid: #PID<0.165.0>}, pid: #PID<0.177.0>}
iex> AMQP.Queue.declare chan, "test_queue"
{:ok, %{consumer_count: 0, message_count: 0, queue: "test_queue"}}
iex> AMQP.Exchange.declare chan, "test_exchange"
:ok
iex> AMQP.Queue.bind chan, "test_queue", "test_exchange"
:ok
iex> AMQP.Basic.publish chan, "test_exchange", "", "Hello, World!"
:ok
iex> {:ok, payload, meta} = AMQP.Basic.get chan, "test_queue"
iex> payload
"Hello, World!"
iex> AMQP.Queue.subscribe chan, "test_queue", fn(payload, _meta) -> IO.puts("Received: #{payload}") end
{:ok, "amq.ctag-5L8U-n0HU5doEsNTQpaXWg"}
iex> AMQP.Basic.publish chan, "test_exchange", "", "Hello, World!"
:ok
Hello, World!
```
### Slightly more advanced usage: Setup a consumer GenServer
```elixir
defmodule Consumer do
use GenServer
use AMQP
def start_link do
GenServer.start_link(__MODULE__, [], [])
end
@exchange "gen_server_test_exchange"
@queue "gen_server_test_queue"
@queue_error "#{@queue}_error"
def init(_opts) do
{:ok, conn} = Connection.open("amqp://guest:guest@localhost")
{:ok, chan} = Channel.open(conn)
# Limit unacknowledged messages to 10
Basic.qos(chan, prefetch_count: 10)
Queue.declare(chan, @queue_error, durable: true)
# Messages that cannot be delivered to any consumer in the main queue will be routed to the error queue
Queue.declare(chan, @queue, durable: true, arguments: [{"x-dead-letter-exchange", :longstr, ""}, {"x-dead-letter-routing-key", :longstr, @queue_error}])
Exchange.fanout(chan, @exchange, durable: true)
Queue.bind(chan, @queue, @exchange)
# Register the GenServer process as a consumer
Basic.consume(chan, @queue)
{:ok, chan}
end
def handle_info({payload, %{delivery_tag: tag, redelivered: redelivered}}, chan) do
spawn fn -> consume(chan, tag, redelivered, payload) end
{:noreply, chan}
end
defp consume(channel, tag, redelivered, payload) do
try do
number = String.to_integer(payload)
if number <= 10 do
Basic.ack channel, tag
IO.puts "Consumed a #{number}."
else
Basic.reject channel, tag, requeue: false
IO.puts "#{number} is too big and was rejected."
end
rescue
exception ->
# Requeue unless it's a redelivered message.
# This means we will retry consuming a message once in case of exception
# before we give up and have it moved to the error queue
Basic.reject channel, tag, requeue: not redelivered
IO.puts "Error converting #{payload} to integer"
end
end
end
```
```iex
iex> Consumer.start_link
{:ok, #PID<0.261.0>}
iex> {:ok, conn} = AMQP.Connection.open
{:ok, %AMQP.Connection{pid: #PID<0.165.0>}}
iex> {:ok, chan} = AMQP.Channel.open(conn)
{:ok, %AMQP.Channel{conn: %AMQP.Connection{pid: #PID<0.165.0>}, pid: #PID<0.177.0>}
iex> AMQP.Basic.publish chan, "gen_server_test_exchange", "", "5"
:ok
Consumed a 5.
iex> AMQP.Basic.publish chan, "gen_server_test_exchange", "", "42"
:ok
42 is too big and was rejected.
iex> AMQP.Basic.publish chan, "gen_server_test_exchange", "", "Hello, World!"
:ok
Error converting Hello, World! to integer
Error converting Hello, World! to integer
```
