Streaming & messaging
Kafka-style pub/sub, event consumers, async pipelines, and message-driven workflows.
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.
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…Using the retained message flag in MQTT with Python
This script subscribes to an MQTT topic and prints the retained flag for each received message, demonstrating how to distinguish retained messages from normal ones.
import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
def on_connect(client, userdata, flags, rc):
print(f"Connected with result code {rc}")
# Subscribe to a topic and check retained flag
client.subscribe("test/retained")
print("Subscribed to test/retained")
def on_message(client, userdata, msg):
# msg.retain is the M…Browse by section
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