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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"
+[
+<!ENTITY date SYSTEM "man-date.ent" >
+]
+>
+<refentry lang="en">
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <productname>RabbitMQ C Client</productname>
+ <authorgroup>
+ <corpauthor>The RabbitMQ Team &lt;<ulink url="mailto:info@rabbitmq.com"><email>info@rabbitmq.com</email></ulink>&gt;</corpauthor>
+ </authorgroup>
+ <date>&date;</date>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>amqp-publish</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo class="manual">RabbitMQ C Client</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>amqp-publish</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Publish a message on an AMQP server</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>amqp-publish</command>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">
+ <replaceable>OPTION</replaceable>
+ </arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+ <para>
+ Publishes a message to an exchange on an AMQP server.
+ Options allow the various properties of the message and
+ parameters of the AMQP <function>basic.publish</function>
+ method to be specified.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ By default, the message body is read from standard input.
+ Alternatively, the <option>-b</option> option allows the message
+ body to be provided as part of the command.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Options</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-e</option></term>
+ <term><option>--exchange</option>=<replaceable class="parameter">exchange name</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The name of the exchange to publish to. If
+ omitted, the default exchange (also known as
+ the nameless exchange) is used.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-r</option></term>
+ <term><option>--routing-key</option>=<replaceable class="parameter">routing key</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The routing key to publish with. If omitted,
+ an empty routing key is assumed. A routing
+ key must be specified when publishing to the
+ default exchange; in that case, accoding to
+ the AMQP specification, the routing key
+ corresponds to a queue name.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-p</option></term>
+ <term><option>--persistent</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Use the persistent delivery mode. Without
+ this option, non-persistent delivery is used.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-C</option></term>
+ <term><option>--content-type</option>=<replaceable class="parameter">MIME type</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Specifies the content-type property for the
+ message. If omitted, the content-type
+ property is not set on the message.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-E</option></term>
+ <term><option>--content-encoding</option>=<replaceable class="parameter">content coding</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Specifies the content-encoding property for
+ the message. If omitted, the content-encoding
+ property is not set on the message.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-b</option></term>
+ <term><option>--body</option>=<replaceable class="parameter">message body</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Specifies the message body. If omitted, the
+ message body is read from standard input.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Send a short message, consisting of the word
+ <quote><literal>Hello</literal></quote> to the queue
+ <quote><systemitem
+ class="resource">myqueue</systemitem></quote> via the
+ default exchange:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <screen><prompt>$ </prompt><userinput>amqp-publish -r myqueue -b Hello</userinput></screen>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Send some XML data from a file to the exchange
+ <quote><systemitem
+ class="resource">events</systemitem></quote>, with
+ persistent delivery mode, setting the content-type
+ property on the message to make the data format
+ explicit:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <screen><prompt>$ </prompt><userinput>amqp-publish -e events -p -C text/xml &lt;event.xml</userinput></screen>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>librabbitmq-tools</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ describes connection-related options common to all the
+ RabbitMQ C Client tools.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>