Using Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey as a Queue
Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey can serve as an efficient message queue, leveraging its list and set data structures to manage tasks for immediate or scheduled processing.
- Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey (set up using the instructions from my previous blog)
- Python 3.x
- Valkey Python library
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pip install valkey
- Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey acting as a queue
- A producer program generating mock events
- A consumer program processing the events
- Event ID
- Event type (user_signup, purchase, etc.)
- User ID
- Timestamp
- Additional metadata
- Generates random mock data, with random delays to simulate real-world scenarios
- Includes random delays to simulate real-world scenarios
- Handles errors and graceful shutdown
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while True:
# Generate and publish event
event = generate_mock_event()
event_json = json.dumps(event)
# Push to Valkey list
valkey_client.lpush('event_queue', event_json)
counter += 1
print(f"Published event {counter}: {event['event_type']} for user {event['user_id']}")
# Random delay between 1-5 seconds
delay = random.uniform(1, 5)
time.sleep(delay)
except KeyboardInterrupt:
print("\nStopping event producer...")
except valkey.ValkeyError as e:
print(f"Valkey error: {e}")
except Exception as e:
print(f"Unexpected error: {e}")
- Blocking read from Valkey queue
- JSON parsing and validation
- Error handling and failed event management
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while True:
# Block until an event is available (timeout after 1 second)
event = valkey_client.brpop('event_queue', timeout=1)
if event is not None:
# event is a tuple of (queue_name, value)
_, event_data = event
success = process_event(event_data)
if success:
# Implement successful processing and move to a processed queue
pass
else:
# Handle failed processing
# Maybe move to a dead letter queue
valkey_client.lpush('event_queue_failed', event_data)
except KeyboardInterrupt:
print("\nStopping event consumer...")
except valkey.ValkeyError as e:
print(f"Valkey error: {e}")
except Exception as e:
print(f"Unexpected error: {e}")
- Processing user activities
- Handling IoT device data
- Managing background tasks
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