francis-li / amqp-sample

An example of how to use AMQP with NodeJS.

amqp-sample

An example of how to use AMQP with NodeJS.

Getting Started

1. Copy .env.template and rename it .env .
2. Open .env and set the appropriate values.
3. In a terminal, start the consumer: $ yarn run consume
4. In another terminal, publish a message: $ yarn run publish

Considerations

• The purpose of this example is to illustrate a simple end-to-end implementation of the AMQP publisher/subscriber workflow in NodeJS. To simplify things, assumptions have been made for exchange, queue and message options. These options may been tweaked or abstracted as needed.

• Do I need to keep opening terminals to start additional consumers? Nope! Process managers like pm2 or supervisord can help you manage them with ease.

• Keep in mind that resource usage (CPU, memory, database connections, etc.) increases with the number of active consumers - don't go to town blindly!

Further Readings

AMQP Concepts

API Reference