] > RabbitMQ C Client The RabbitMQ Team <info@rabbitmq.com> &date; amqp-publish 1 RabbitMQ C Client amqp-publish Publish a message on an AMQP server amqp-publish OPTION Publishes a message to an exchange on an AMQP server. Options allow the various properties of the message and parameters of the AMQP basic.publish method to be specified. By default, the message body is read from standard input. Alternatively, the -b option allows the message body to be provided as part of the command. -e --exchange=exchange name The name of the exchange to publish to. If omitted, the default exchange (also known as the nameless exchange) is used. -r --routing-key=routing key 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. -p --persistent Use the persistent delivery mode. Without this option, non-persistent delivery is used. -C --content-type=MIME type Specifies the content-type property for the message. If omitted, the content-type property is not set on the message. -E --content-encoding=content coding Specifies the content-encoding property for the message. If omitted, the content-encoding property is not set on the message. -b --body=message body Specifies the message body. If omitted, the message body is read from standard input. -H --header=header Specifies an optional header in the form "key: value". Send a short message, consisting of the word Hello to the queue myqueue via the default exchange: $ amqp-publish -r myqueue -b Hello Send some XML data from a file to the exchange events, with persistent delivery mode, setting the content-type property on the message to make the data format explicit: $ amqp-publish -e events -p -C text/xml <event.xml librabbitmq-tools7 describes connection-related options common to all the RabbitMQ C Client tools.