RabbitMQ / AMQP: single queue, multiple consumers for same message?

Question

I am just starting to use RabbitMQ and AMQP in general.

• I have a queue of messages
• I have multiple consumers, which I would like to do different thing

Answer 1

The send pattern is a one-to-one relationship. If you want to "send" to more than one receiver you should be using the pub/sub pattern. See http://www.rabbitmq.com/tutorials/tutorial-three-python.html for more details.