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RabbitMQ Queues API

The Queues API from RabbitMQ — 5 operation(s) for queues.

RabbitMQ Queues API is one of 14 APIs that RabbitMQ publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Queues. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 7 operations across 5 paths, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 3.13.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, http://localhost:15672/api.

7 operations 5 paths 3 schemas 2 DELETE3 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
3.13.0
Base URL
http://localhost:15672/api
Authentication
HTTP Basic
Contact
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

RabbitMQ Queues API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 7

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 2 DELETE, 3 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Queues 7
GET
/queues
List all queues
listQueues → 200
GET
/queues/{vhost}
List queues in virtual host
listQueuesInVhost 1 param → 200
GET
/queues/{vhost}/{queue}
Get queue
getQueue 2 params → 200
PUT
/queues/{vhost}/{queue}
Create queue
createQueue 2 params body → 201204
DELETE
/queues/{vhost}/{queue}
Delete queue
deleteQueue 4 params → 204
POST
/queues/{vhost}/{queue}/get
Get messages from queue
getMessages 2 params body → 200
DELETE
/queues/{vhost}/{queue}/purge
Purge queue
purgeQueue 2 params → 204

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Queue (13 properties), Message (8 properties), QueueCreate (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Queue
object
13 properties
QueueCreate
object
3 properties
Message
object
8 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

rabbitmq-queues-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs RabbitMQ publishes across the network.

RabbitMQ AMQP Messaging API
RabbitMQ Bindings API
RabbitMQ Channels API
RabbitMQ Connections API
RabbitMQ Definitions API
RabbitMQ Exchanges API
RabbitMQ Health API
RabbitMQ Nodes API
RabbitMQ Overview API
RabbitMQ Permissions API
RabbitMQ Policies API
RabbitMQ Users API