Consume multiple queues in python / pika

Question

I am trying to create a consumer that would subscribe to multiple queues, and then process messages as they arrive.

The problem is that when there is some data already

Answer 1

One possible solution is to use non blocking connection and consume messages.

import pika


def callback(channel, method, properties, body):
    print(body)
    channel.basic_ack(delivery_tag=method.delivery_tag)


def on_open(connection):
    connection.channel(on_channel_open)


def on_channel_open(channel):
    channel.basic_consume(callback, queue='queue1')
    channel.basic_consume(callback, queue='queue2')


parameters = pika.URLParameters('amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672/%2F')
connection = pika.SelectConnection(parameters=parameters,
                                   on_open_callback=on_open)

try:
    connection.ioloop.start()
except KeyboardInterrupt:
    connection.close()

This will connect to multiple queues and will consume messages accordingly.