#!/usr/bin/env python import puka import sys client = puka.Client("amqp://localhost/") promise = client.connect() client.wait(promise) promise = client.queue_declare(queue='task_queue', durable=True) client.wait(promise) message = ' '.join(sys.argv[1:]) or "Hello World!" promise = client.basic_publish(exchange='', routing_key='task_queue', body=message, headers={'delivery_mode': 2}) client.wait(promise) print " [x] Sent %r" % (message,) client.close()