from __future__ import with_statement from kombu.common import maybe_declare 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: maybe_declare(task_exchange, producer.channel) producer.publish(payload, serializer="pickle", compression="bzip2", routing_key=routing_key) if __name__ == "__main__": from kombu import BrokerConnection from tasks import hello_task connection = BrokerConnection("amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672//") send_as_task(connection, fun=hello_task, args=("Kombu", ), kwargs={}, priority="high")