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Why do we need routing key in rabbitmq?


Asked by Preston Curry on Dec 10, 2021 FAQ



RabbitMQ uses each messages' routing key to generate a hash value. And the hash space will be divided among all the queues that are connected to the particular exchange. We can configure the ratio that messages should be divided between the queues using the routing keys.
Furthermore,
The routing key is a message attribute the exchange looks at when deciding how to route the message to queues (depending on exchange type). Exchanges, connections, and queues can be configured with parameters such as durable, temporary, and auto delete upon creation.
In fact, The first queue is bound with binding key orange, and the second has two bindings, one with binding key black and the other one with green. In such a setup a message published to the exchange with a routing key orange will be routed to queue Q1. Messages with a routing key of black or green will go to Q2.
Indeed,
RabbitMQ is an open-source distributed message queue that supports many communication protocols. It is a message broker that receives messages from senders (producer) and forwards them to receivers (consumer). These messages are maintained in a queue.
Moreover,
An exchange is responsible for routing the messages to different queues with the help of header attributes, bindings, and routing keys. A binding is a "link" that you set up to bind a queue to an exchange. The routing key is a message attribute the exchange looks at when deciding how to route the message to queues (depending on exchange type).