package main import ( "bytes" "fmt" "github.com/streadway/amqp" "log" "time" ) func failOnError(err error, msg string) { if err != nil { log.Fatalf("%s: %s", msg, err) panic(fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", msg, err)) } } func main() { conn, err := amqp.Dial("amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672/") failOnError(err, "Failed to connect to RabbitMQ") defer conn.Close() ch, err := conn.Channel() failOnError(err, "Failed to open a channel") defer ch.Close() q, err := ch.QueueDeclare( "task_queue", // name true, // durable false, // delete when unused false, // exclusive false, // no-wait nil, // arguments ) failOnError(err, "Failed to declare a queue") err = ch.Qos( 3, // prefetch count 0, // prefetch size false, // global ) failOnError(err, "Failed to set QoS") msgs, err := ch.Consume( q.Name, // queue "", // consumer false, // auto-ack false, // exclusive false, // no-local false, // no-wait nil, // args ) failOnError(err, "Failed to register a consumer") forever := make(chan bool) go func() { for d := range msgs { log.Printf("Received a message: %s", d.Body) d.Ack(false) dot_count := bytes.Count(d.Body, []byte(".")) t := time.Duration(dot_count) time.Sleep(t * time.Second) log.Printf("Done") } }() log.Printf(" [*] Waiting for messages. To exit press CTRL+C") <-forever }