[rabbitmq-discuss] Status/number of messages in a queue

Sat May 23 07:59:37 BST 2009

On May 22, Nilesh Ashra wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Is there a way to get the number of messages that are in Rabbit's  
>queues? We're looking to get some status of the queue server  
>(megabytes, number of messages serviced, number of messages  
>unconsumed, etc), but can't find any leads!
>
>Really appreciate the help guys,

If you are merely looking for number of unconsumed messages, this should
suffice: http://www.rabbitmq.com/admin-guide.html#list_queues