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LavinMQ with Python
The recommended library for Python to access LavinMQ servers is Pika.
Before we jump right into writing our code, let’s set up the development environment.
Python development environment
- First make sure that you have Python and that it’s available from your command line.
You can confirm this by running:
python --version
- If you get a
NameError: name 'python' is not defined
, then you do not have Python. Download Python from python.org or you could even use pyenv to manage multiple Python versions - Run
python3 -m venv env-name
on Unix and macOS orpython -m venv env-name
on Windows to create a virtual environment where we install the dependencies for our project. Replaceenv-name
with whatever name you chose for your virtual environment. - Run
source env-name/bin/activate
on Unix and macOS or.\env-name\Scripts\activate
on Windows to activate the virtual environment. - Open your project directory in your favourite text-editor and create a
requirements.txt
file. Addpika==1.1.0
andpython-dotenv
to requirements.txt file. - Install dependencies with
pip install -r requirements.txt
- Create a
.env
file in in the root directory - Add
CLOUDAMQP_URL="lavinmq_url"
to the `.env’ file. Replace lavinmq_url with your correct server url
Publishing messages
Consume messages
Ready to take the next steps? Here are some things you should keep in mind:
Managed LavinMQ instance on CloudAMQP
LavinMQ has been built with performance and ease of use in mind - we've benchmarked a throughput of about 1,000,000 messages/sec. You can try LavinMQ without any installation hassle by creating a free instance on CloudAMQP. Signing up is a breeze.
Help and feedback
We welcome your feedback and are eager to address any questions you may have about this piece or using LavinMQ. Join our Slack channel to connect with us directly. You can also find LavinMQ on GitHub.