.TH "amqp-publish" "1" 
 
 
 
.SH "NAME" 
amqp-publish          \(em Publish a message on an AMQP server 
 
 
.SH "SYNOPSIS" 
 
.PP 
\fBamqp-publish\fR                             \fIOPTION\fR                        
 
 
 
.SH "Description" 
 
.PP 
Publishes a message to an exchange on an AMQP server. 
Options allow the various properties of the message and 
parameters of the AMQP \fBbasic.publish\fP             method to be specified. 
 
.PP 
By default, the message body is read from standard input. 
Alternatively, the \fB-b\fP option allows the message 
body to be provided as part of the command. 
 
 
 
.SH "Options" 
 
.IP "\fB-e\fP" 10 
 
.IP "\fB\-\-exchange\fP=\fIexchange name\fR" 10 
The name of the exchange to publish to.  If 
omitted, the default exchange (also known as 
the nameless exchange) is used. 
 
.IP "\fB-r\fP" 10 
 
.IP "\fB\-\-routing-key\fP=\fIrouting key\fR" 10 
The routing key to publish with.  If omitted, 
an empty routing key is assumed.  A routing 
key must be specified when publishing to the 
default exchange; in that case, accoding to 
the AMQP specification, the routing key 
corresponds to a queue name. 
 
.IP "\fB-p\fP" 10 
 
.IP "\fB\-\-persistent\fP" 10 
Use the persistent delivery mode.  Without 
this option, non-persistent delivery is used. 
 
.IP "\fB-C\fP" 10 
 
.IP "\fB\-\-content-type\fP=\fIMIME type\fR" 10 
Specifies the content-type property for the 
message.  If omitted, the content-type 
property is not set on the message. 
 
.IP "\fB-E\fP" 10 
 
.IP "\fB\-\-content-encoding\fP=\fIcontent coding\fR" 10 
Specifies the content-encoding property for 
the message.  If omitted, the content-encoding 
property is not set on the message. 
 
.IP "\fB-b\fP" 10 
 
.IP "\fB\-\-body\fP=\fImessage body\fR" 10 
Specifies the message body.  If omitted, the 
message body is read from standard input. 
 
.IP "\fB-H\fP" 10 
 
.IP "\fB\-\-header\fP=\fIheader\fR" 10 
Specifies an optional header in the form "key: value". 
 
 
 
.SH "Examples" 
 
.IP "Send a short message, consisting of the word 
``\fI\fBHello\fP\fP'' to the queue 
``\fI\fBmyqueue\fP\fP'' via the 
default exchange:" 10 
 
.PP 
.nf 
$  
.ft B 
amqp-publish \-r myqueue \-b Hello 
.ft 
.fi 
 
 
.IP "Send some XML data from a file to the exchange 
``\fI\fBevents\fP\fP'', with 
persistent delivery mode, setting the content-type 
property on the message to make the data format 
explicit:" 10 
 
.PP 
.nf 
$  
.ft B 
amqp-publish \-e events \-p \-C text/xml event.xml 
.ft 
.fi 
 
 
 
.SH "See also" 
 
.PP 
\fBlibrabbitmq-tools\fP\fB(7)\fP             describes connection-related options common to all the 
RabbitMQ C Client tools. 
 
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