RabbitMQService

The RabbitMQService listens to a queue on a RabbitMQ server and triggers an event when a new message arrives.

Properties

Return raw bytes

If checked, the contents of the message's body will be returned as a list of bytes.

Content type

The type of data that the body contains.

Character encoding

The character encoding to use to decode the body to a string.

Queue name

The name of the queue on the RabbitMQ server from which to fetch the messages.

Headers

The list of expected headers. Each entry will create a corresponding property in the input of the MessageReceived event to store the header's value. Any headers of the message that are not specified will be included in the AdditionalHeaders property of the event's input.

Host name

The IP address or domain name of the server to connect to.

Port

The port number to connect to. RabbitMQ server runs on port 5672 by default.

Virtual host

The virtual host to access on the RabbitMQ server.

Username

The username to use for authentication.

Password

The password to use for authentication.

Events

MessageReceived

This event is fired whenever a message is received. The message object in the Data section of the event input contains the following properties:

Properties:

  • DeliveryTag: A string that uniquely identifies the message.
  • ExchangeName: The name of the Exchange that the message was published to.
  • RoutingKey: The routing key of the message.
  • CorrelationID: The correlation ID of the message.
  • ReplyTo: The name of the reply-to queue of the message.
  • Body: The contents of the message.
  • Headers: Available if at least one entry was specified for Headers. Contains one property per entry.
  • AdditionalHeaders: Stores the name and value of each header that was received for which there was no corresponding entry in the specified Headers.

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AMQP Model