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+import socket
+import time
+import unittest2 as unittest
+
+from nose import SkipTest
+
+from kombu import BrokerConnection
+from kombu import Producer, Consumer, Exchange, Binding
+
+
+def consumeN(conn, consumer, n=1):
+    messages = []
+
+    def callback(message_data, message):
+        messages.append(message_data)
+        message.ack()
+
+    prev, consumer.callbacks = consumer.callbacks, [callback]
+
+    while True:
+        conn.drain_events(timeout=1)
+        if len(messages) >= n:
+            break
+
+    consumer.callback = prev
+    return messages
+
+
+class test_pika(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def purge(self, names):
+        chan = self.connection.channel()
+        map(chan.queue_purge, names)
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.connection = BrokerConnection(backend_cls="pika")
+        try:
+            self.connection.connect()
+        except socket.error:
+            self.connected = False
+        else:
+            self.connected = True
+        self.exchange = Exchange("tamqplib", "direct")
+        self.binding = Binding("tamqplib", self.exchange, "tamqplib")
+
+    def test_produce__consume(self):
+        if not self.connected:
+            raise SkipTest("Broker not running.")
+        chan1 = self.connection.channel()
+        producer = Producer(chan1, self.exchange)
+
+        producer.publish({"foo": "bar"}, routing_key="tamqplib")
+        chan1.close()
+
+        chan2 = self.connection.channel()
+        consumer = Consumer(chan2, self.binding)
+        message = consumeN(self.connection, consumer)
+        self.assertDictEqual(message[0], {"foo": "bar"})
+        chan2.close()
+        self.purge(["tamqplib"])
+
+    def test_produce__consume_multiple(self):
+        if not self.connected:
+            raise SkipTest("Broker not running.")
+        chan1 = self.connection.channel()
+        producer = Producer(chan1, self.exchange)
+        b1 = Binding("pyamqplib.b1", self.exchange, "b1")
+        b2 = Binding("pyamqplib.b2", self.exchange, "b2")
+        b3 = Binding("pyamqplib.b3", self.exchange, "b3")
+
+        producer.publish("b1", routing_key="b1")
+        producer.publish("b2", routing_key="b2")
+        producer.publish("b3", routing_key="b3")
+        chan1.close()
+
+        chan2 = self.connection.channel()
+        consumer = Consumer(chan2, [b1, b2, b3])
+        messages = consumeN(self.connection, consumer, 3)
+        self.assertItemsEqual(messages, ["b1", "b2", "b3"])
+        chan2.close()
+        self.purge(["pyamqplib.b1", "pyamqplib.b2", "pyamqplib.b3"])
+
+    def test_timeout(self):
+        if not self.connected:
+            raise SkipTest("Broker not running.")
+        chan = self.connection.channel()
+        self.purge([self.binding.name])
+        consumer = Consumer(chan, self.binding)
+        self.assertRaises(socket.timeout, self.connection.drain_events,
+                timeout=0.3)
+        consumer.cancel()
+
+    def test_basic_get(self):
+        chan1 = self.connection.channel()
+        producer = Producer(chan1, self.exchange)
+        producer.publish({"basic.get": "this"}, routing_key="basic_get")
+        chan1.close()
+
+        chan2 = self.connection.channel()
+        binding = Binding("amqplib_basic_get", self.exchange, "basic_get")
+        binding = binding(chan2)
+        binding.declare()
+        for i in range(50):
+            m = binding.get()
+            if m:
+                break
+            time.sleep(0.1)
+        self.assertEqual(m.payload, {"basic.get": "this"})
+        chan2.close()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        if self.connected:
+            self.connection.close()