AMQPing

Amqping is a simple utility for testing AMQP functions. it can connect to an amqp instance, post and consume test messages, count & purge queues.

Ping and cleanup example:

$ amqping myuser mypass myhost ping cleanup
Succesfully connected to broker at amqp://myhost:5672/
Created exchange:testexchange and queue:testqueue
Succesfully posted and consumed a test message
Removed queue:testqueue and exchange:testexchange

Command chaining example:

$ amqping usr pass host ping mcount post --messages 10000 mcount purge mcount cleanup
HEAD is now at 27edfa3 Restructured around click
Succesfully connected to broker at amqp://host:5672/
Created exchange:testexchange and queue:testqueue
Succesfully posted and consumed a test message
There are 0 messages in queue:testqueue
Posted 10000 messages to exchange:testexchange with routing key:testkey
There are 10000 messages in queue:testqueue
Purged messages from queue:testqueue
There are 0 messages in queue:testqueue
Removed queue:testqueue and exchange:testexchange

Note that general options must be placed at the beginning of the command line For example:

$ amqping --vhost /foo user pass host ping

Usage:

$ amqping
Usage: amqping [OPTIONS] USER PASSWORD HOST COMMAND1 [ARGS]... [COMMAND2
               [ARGS]...]...

Options:
  --port INTEGER
  --vhost TEXT
  --queue TEXT
  --exchange TEXT
  --routingkey TEXT
  --exchangetype TEXT
  --help               Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  cleanup  Remove test exchange and queue
  mcount   Print message count for specified queue
  ping     Connect to broker, create and delete test...
  post     Post a series of test messgaes
  purge    Purge a queue (remove all messages)