[rabbitmq-discuss] Delayed messages to specific queue

[Simon MacMullen]

On 18/08/14 15:03, Nikola wrote:
> Hello all,

Hi. This list is being closed down soon, I suggest you start using 
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/rabbitmq-users.

> I have read this page from docs http://www.rabbitmq.com/dlx.html and
> found examples in PHP which work fine.
>
> However, it looks to me that there is no way to do what we need :(
>
> Our web app is publishing messages to specific queues, using both
> exchange and queue name. Exchange is "direct" type and behind every
> queue there are several consumers working in load-balancing mode.
>
> For dead-letter messages, it looks to me only new exchange
> (x-dead-letter-exchange) and routing-key (x-dead-letter-routing-key),
> but not new queue name. New queue name is important so that delayed
> message is sent to appropriate consumer.

If you want to dead-letter to a specific queue, set the 
x-dead-letter-exchange to "" and the x-dead-letter-routing-key to the 
queue name - it works just like publishing a message through the default 
exchange.

Cheers, Simon

> We're not using routing-keys, because queues were enough to route
> messages to different types of consumers.
>
> Am I missing anything or is this limitation of dead-letter exchanges?
>
> Thanks,
> Nikola
>
>
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