Patterns and helpers#

Note

Available since aio-pika>=1.7.0

aio-pika includes some useful patterns for creating distributed systems.

Master/Worker#

Helper which implements Master/Worker pattern. This applicable for balancing tasks between multiple workers.

The master creates tasks:

import asyncio

from aio_pika import connect_robust
from aio_pika.patterns import Master


async def main() -> None:
    connection = await connect_robust(
        "amqp://guest:guest@127.0.0.1/?name=aio-pika%20master",
    )

    async with connection:
        # Creating channel
        channel = await connection.channel()

        master = Master(channel)

        # Creates tasks by proxy object
        for task_id in range(1000):
            await master.proxy.my_task_name(task_id=task_id)

        # Or using create_task method
        for task_id in range(1000):
            await master.create_task(
                "my_task_name", kwargs=dict(task_id=task_id),
            )


if __name__ == "__main__":
    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
    loop.run_until_complete(main())

Worker code:

import asyncio

from aio_pika import connect_robust
from aio_pika.abc import AbstractConnection
from aio_pika.patterns import Master, NackMessage, RejectMessage


async def worker(*, task_id: int) -> None:
    # If you want to reject message or send
    # nack you might raise special exception

    if task_id % 2 == 0:
        raise RejectMessage(requeue=False)

    if task_id % 2 == 1:
        raise NackMessage(requeue=False)

    print(task_id)


async def main() -> None:
    connection = await connect_robust(
        "amqp://guest:guest@127.0.0.1/?name=aio-pika%20worker",
    )

    # Creating channel
    channel = await connection.channel()

    # Initializing Master with channel
    master = Master(channel)
    await master.create_worker("my_task_name", worker, auto_delete=True)

    try:
        await asyncio.Future()
    finally:
        await connection.close()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

The one or multiple workers executes tasks.

RPC#

Helper which implements Remote Procedure Call pattern. This applicable for balancing tasks between multiple workers.

The caller creates tasks and awaiting results:

import asyncio

from aio_pika import connect_robust
from aio_pika.patterns import RPC


async def main() -> None:
    connection = await connect_robust(
        "amqp://guest:guest@127.0.0.1/",
        client_properties={"connection_name": "caller"},
    )

    async with connection:
        # Creating channel
        channel = await connection.channel()

        rpc = await RPC.create(channel)

        # Creates tasks by proxy object
        for i in range(1000):
            print(await rpc.proxy.multiply(x=100, y=i))

        # Or using create_task method
        for i in range(1000):
            print(await rpc.call("multiply", kwargs=dict(x=100, y=i)))


if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

One or multiple callees executing tasks:

import asyncio

from aio_pika import connect_robust
from aio_pika.patterns import RPC


async def multiply(*, x: int, y: int) -> int:
    return x * y


async def main() -> None:
    connection = await connect_robust(
        "amqp://guest:guest@127.0.0.1/",
        client_properties={"connection_name": "callee"},
    )

    # Creating channel
    channel = await connection.channel()

    rpc = await RPC.create(channel)
    await rpc.register("multiply", multiply, auto_delete=True)

    try:
        await asyncio.Future()
    finally:
        await connection.close()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

Extending#

Both patterns serialization behaviour might be changed by inheritance and redefinition of methods aio_pika.patterns.base.serialize() and aio_pika.patterns.base.deserialize().

Following examples demonstrates it:

from typing import Any

import msgpack  # type: ignore

from aio_pika.patterns import RPC, Master


class MsgpackRPC(RPC):
    CONTENT_TYPE = "application/msgpack"

    def serialize(self, data: Any) -> bytes:
        return msgpack.dumps(data)

    def deserialize(self, data: bytes) -> bytes:
        return msgpack.loads(data)


class MsgpackMaster(Master):
    CONTENT_TYPE = "application/msgpack"

    def serialize(self, data: Any) -> bytes:
        return msgpack.dumps(data)

    def deserialize(self, data: bytes) -> bytes:
        return msgpack.loads(data)