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Levo
Levo

Reputation: 239

Set minimum delay between message - rabbitmq

I need a solution where I can set a minimum delay between the messages that are polled out of the Queue. I do not want to delay every message by a fixed amount of miliseconds.

Lets say the Queue get 3 messages in the first second. But I want to pull every 5 seconds. So my Client does not get overloaded with to many request.

Is there a way to solve this with rabbitmq or do i have to change to some other framework?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 776

Answers (1)

Luke Bakken
Luke Bakken

Reputation: 9637

Any time you ask for assistance about RabbitMQ (or any software), you must provide information about what versions of software you are using, and what client libraries. That way the people who are assisting you can do so effectively.

Your client should consume from the queue using the basic.consume method. Set the channel's "prefetch" value to the maximum number of unacknowledged messages you wish for that consumer to receive at once (you can set it to 1 if you only want one message at a time). Then, do your work and only acknowledge the messages after the desired amount of time has elapsed.

Be certain that this does not result in messages accumulating in queues. You will monitor your RabbitMQ installation, right?

Upvotes: 2

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