queue_declare

Declares a queue on the AMQP broker with specified persistence and deletion settings, ensuring a connection is active before execution. It outputs the queue status including message and consumer counts to the console and handles reconnection on failure.

def queue_declare(
    amqp_context: object,
    queue: string,
    passive: boolean,
    durable: boolean,
    auto_delete: boolean
) - > null

Declares a queue on the AMQP broker, creating it if it does not exist or verifying its existence if the passive flag is set.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
amqp_context	object	The context object containing the active AMQP channel and CLI configuration.
queue	string	The name of the queue to declare or verify.
passive	boolean	If true, the server will only check if the queue exists; if it does not, an error is raised.
durable	boolean	If true, the queue will survive broker restarts.
auto_delete	boolean	If true, the queue will be deleted automatically when all consumers have finished using it.

Returns

Type	Description
null	This function does not return a value but outputs the queue status (message and consumer counts) to the console.