rabbitstew 0.1.0

A command-line tool for publishing messages to RabbitMQ

A small command-line tool that adheres to the Unix philospohy for publishing messages to RabbitMQ.

rabbitstew takes input from stdin and publishes a message per line received. You can customize the exchange and routing key used, along with message properties. Additionally, you can enable publisher confirmations if desired.

Installation

rabbitstew is available from the Python Package Index and can be installed via pip or easy_install.

Usage Example

cat /var/log/messages | rabbitstew -H rabbit-server -r syslog.messages

CLI Options

usage: rabbitstew [-h] [-H HOST] [-p PORT] [-s] [-v VHOST] [-u USER]
                  [-P PASSWORD] [-W] [-e EXCHANGE] [-r ROUTING_KEY] [-c]
                  [--add-user] [--app-id APP_ID] [--auto-id]
                  [--content-type VALUE] [--type TYPE] [-V] [--version]

RabbitMQ message publisher

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -H HOST               Server hostname (default: localhost)
  -p PORT               Server port (default: 5672)
  -s                    Use SSL to connect (default: False)
  -v VHOST              Server virtual host (default: /)
  -u USER               Server username (default: guest)
  -P PASSWORD           Server password (default: guest)
  -W                    Prompt for password (default: False)
  -f PATH               Read password from a file (default: None)
  -e EXCHANGE           Exchange to publish to (default: None)
  -r ROUTING_KEY        Routing Key to use (default: None)
  -c                    Confirm delivery of each message, exiting if a message
                        delivery could not be confirmed (default: False)
  --add-user            Include the user in the message properties (default: False)
  --app-id APP_ID       Specify the app-id property of the message (default: rabbitstew)
  --auto-id             Create a unique message ID for each message (default: False)
  --content-type VALUE  Specify the content type of the message (default: None)
  --type TYPE           Specify the message type (default: None)
  -V                    Verbose output (default: False)
  --version             show program's version number and exit

Version History

• 0.1.0 - released 2015-02-02

  • Initial Release