I did a clean install of Python with the 0.8 module and it is working as expected on both Windows and Linux, so I was clearly troubleshooting the wrong things. I previously had the 0.6 version installed before I added the 0.8 version. Thanks for your responses and suggestions!
Greg On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 6:32 AM, Gordon Sim <[email protected]> wrote: > On 02/14/2011 09:45 PM, Gregory Bayard wrote: >> >> Hi Gordon, >> >> I was originally working with 0.6 and the double-quoting was a quick >> attempt to find some problem with my exchange and queue specification. >> When I updated my addressing string for Qpid 0.8, I still get the >> same result. The message is picked up by topic listeners listening to >> the masterserver.summary.queue' topic on the 'masterserver.direct' >> exchange. The string, as you specified, is now: >> >> "masterserver.direct/masterserver.summary.queue; {create: always, >> node: {type:topic, x-declare:{type:direct}}}" > > To be clear, I don't think you need the "; {create: always, node: > {type:topic, x-declare:{type:direct}}}" part, that was just as an example of > the correct syntax. > >> Keep in mind this queue will essentially always have been created by >> the C++ server which is essentially guaranteed to start before any >> Python clients. I just can't figure out anyway to get Python to send >> messages to the 'masterserver.summary.queue' on the >> 'masterserver.direct' exchange. > > Just to be clear, are you saying that creating a sender in python for the > address "masterserver.direct/masterserver.summary.queue" and then sending a > message with that, the messages do not get to the queue in question? > > That works fine for me, are you sure you don't have older python libs on > your path? > >> However, I have no problem sending >> messages to the 'amq.direct' direct exchange from Python. This issue >> seems to be limited to custom direct exchanges. Any suggestions on >> how I could get a message via the custom direct exchange created by >> the C++ from Python to the C++ server's queue would be greatly >> appreciated. > > Are you getting errors or the messages just appear to be dropped? As I say > it works fine for me with 0.8 packages. See attached client and server. The > server is a modified version of the old example that I think matches what > you describe, the client is a simple python program that sends to > "masterserver.direct/masterserver.summary.queue". Start the server first, > then run the client and that all works for me, does it work for you? > > Btw, there is a messaging API in c++ as well that I think is a lot simpler > than the old qpid/client API. It is conceptually similar to the python API > you are using. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Apache Qpid - AMQP Messaging Implementation > Project: http://qpid.apache.org > Use/Interact: mailto:[email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Apache Qpid - AMQP Messaging Implementation Project: http://qpid.apache.org Use/Interact: mailto:[email protected]
