Getting number of messages in a RabbitMQ queue

Question

We\'re using amqplib to publish/consume messages. I want to be able to read the number of messages on a queue (ideally both acknowledged and unacknowledged). This will allow

Answer 1

following the answer of ChillarAnand you can get the value easily. the data is in the object.

import pika

connection = pika.BlockingConnection(pika.ConnectionParameters(
            host='localhost',
            port=5672,
            credentials=pika.credentials.PlainCredentials('guest', 'guest'),
        )
channel = connection.channel()
print(channel.queue_declare(queue="your_queue", durable=True,  exclusive=False,
                  auto_delete=False).method.message_count)

and you will get the exact message number