kombu/examples/simple_task_queue/client.py

from kombu.pools import producers

from .queues import task_exchange

priority_to_routing_key = {'high': 'hipri',
                           'mid': 'midpri',
                           'low': 'lopri'}


def send_as_task(connection, fun, args=(), kwargs={}, priority='mid'):
    payload = {'fun': fun, 'args': args, 'kwargs': kwargs}
    routing_key = priority_to_routing_key[priority]

    with producers[connection].acquire(block=True) as producer:
        producer.publish(payload,
                         serializer='pickle',
                         compression='bzip2',
                         exchange=task_exchange,
                         declare=[task_exchange],
                         routing_key=routing_key)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    from kombu import Connection
    from .tasks import hello_task

    connection = Connection('amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672//')
    send_as_task(connection, fun=hello_task, args=('Kombu', ), kwargs={},
                 priority='high')