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Build a Streaming Messaging Helper in Python

Create a simple message stream class that stores recent messages, sends user messages, and retrieves history or latest messages with timestamps.

streaming deque dataclass
Python
from collections import deque
from dataclasses import dataclass
from datetime import datetime
import time


@dataclass
class Message:
    user: str
    text: str
    timestamp: str = ""

    def __post_init__(self):
        if not self.timestamp:
            self.timestamp = datetime.now().strftime("%H:%M:%S")


class…
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Dead Letter Queue Failed Messages List Mock in Python

Implements a simple in-memory dead letter queue to collect, list, and retry failed messages, with JSON serialization for inspection in streaming pipelines.

dead-letter-queue messaging retry
Python
import json
from collections import deque


class Message:
    def __init__(self, message_id, payload, attempts=0):
        self.message_id = message_id
        self.payload = payload
        self.attempts = attempts

    def __repr__(self):
        return f"Message(id={self.message_id}, attempts={self.attempts})"


c…
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Event Envelope with Schema Version Field in Python

Build a typed event envelope dataclass with an explicit schema version field for mock streaming scenarios.

event dataclass messaging
Python
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
from datetime import datetime
import uuid


@dataclass
class Event:
    event_id: str = field(default_factory=lambda: str(uuid.uuid4()))
    event_type: str = "user.created"
    version: str = "1.0.0"
    created_at: str = field(default_factory=lambda: datetime.utcnow().isoform…
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How to Implement Publish-Subscribe Fanout with Multiple Subscribers in Python

Create a simple publish-subscribe system in Python that broadcasts messages to multiple subscriber callbacks for a given topic.

pubsub messaging events
Python
import time

class PubSub:
    def __init__(self):
        self.subscribers = {}

    def subscribe(self, topic, callback):
        if topic not in self.subscribers:
            self.subscribers[topic] = []
        self.subscribers[topic].append(callback)

    def publish(self, topic, message):
        if topic in sel…
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How to Implement a Priority Queue for Messages in Python

Build a message priority queue with heapq and dataclasses that pops messages by priority, using sequence numbers to keep insertion order.

priority-queue heapq dataclass
Python
import heapq
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
from typing import Any

@dataclass(order=True)
class Message:
    priority: int
    sequence: int = field(compare=False)
    content: str = field(compare=False)

class PriorityQueue:
    def __init__(self):
        self._heap = []

    def push(self, priority: int,…
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How to Mock RabbitMQ Ack Nack Requeue in Python

A mock RabbitMQ channel and consumer that simulates ack, nack, and requeue handling for testing message processing logic without a broker.

rabbitmq testing mock
Python
import json
from collections import deque


class MockChannel:
    def __init__(self):
        self.acked = []
        self.nacked = []
        self.requeued = []

    def basic_ack(self, delivery_tag):
        self.acked.append(delivery_tag)

    def basic_nack(self, delivery_tag, requeue=False):
        self.nacked.…
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How to Serialize and Deserialize JSON Event Payloads in Python

Define an EventPayload class with custom to_json and from_json methods to convert event objects to JSON strings and back, using datetime parsing.

json serialization datetime
Python
import json
from datetime import datetime


class EventPayload:
    def __init__(self, event_id, event_type, timestamp, data):
        self.event_id = event_id
        self.event_type = event_type
        self.timestamp = timestamp
        self.data = data

    def to_json(self):
        return json.dumps({
          …
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How to Wrap Message Attributes in a CloudEvent with Python

Create a minimal CloudEvent dataclass that wraps arbitrary message attributes into a JSON envelope, matching CloudEvents 1.0 spec.

cloudevents messaging dataclasses
Python
import json
from dataclasses import dataclass, field, asdict
from typing import Any, Dict
from datetime import datetime, timezone


@dataclass
class CloudEvent:
    message_attributes: Dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)

    def wrap(self, event_id: str, source: str, event_type: str, data: Any):
        self…
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How to deduplicate messages by ID in Python

Track seen message IDs in a set to skip duplicate messages and store unique content in a dict, with exact output showing which messages were added or skipped.

deduplication set messaging
Python
import time

class MessageStore:
    def __init__(self):
        self.seen_ids = set()
        self.messages = {}
    
    def add(self, message_id, content, timestamp=None):
        timestamp = timestamp or time.time()
        if message_id in self.seen_ids:
            return False
        self.seen_ids.add(message_…
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How to mock RabbitMQ queue binding with routing keys in Python

A mock demonstration of binding a queue to an exchange with multiple routing keys in RabbitMQ using Python and pika, without a real broker connection.

rabbitmq messaging pika
Python
import pika
import sys


def bind_queue_with_routing(channel, queue_name, exchange_name, routing_keys):
    """
    Mock RabbitMQ queue binding with routing keys.
    Prints the binding configuration instead of connecting to a real broker.
    """
    for routing_key in routing_keys:
        binding = {
            "q…
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Implement a FIFO Message Queue in Python with deque

This code implements a FIFO (first-in-first-out) message queue class using Python's collections.deque, providing enqueue, dequeue, peek, and size operations.

queue deque fifo
Python
from collections import deque

class MessageQueue:
    def __init__(self):
        self.queue = deque()

    def enqueue(self, message):
        self.queue.append(message)
        print(f"Enqueued: {message}")

    def dequeue(self):
        if self.is_empty():
            print("Queue is empty, cannot dequeue.")
    …
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Mock NATS queue group load balancing in Python

Simulates a NATS queue group where each message is delivered to exactly one subscriber using random selection with a lightweight mock.

nats queue-group messaging
Python
import random
import time
from collections import defaultdict


class MockQueueGroup:
    """Mock a NATS queue group: each message is delivered to exactly one subscriber."""

    def __init__(self, subscribers):
        self.subscribers = subscribers

    def publish(self, message):
        receiver = random.choice(se…
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