usage.rst

Usage

Loafer provides a simple CLI interface.

Check the full list of options by running loafer --help.

Examples

• Starting loafer:

  $ loafer

• Add source and handler parameters (all parameters are optional):

  $ loafer --source my-queue-name --handler loafer.example.jobs.async_example_job

• Publishing a message to SNS/SQS (you should see some logging messages):

  # To SQS
  $ loafer publish_sqs --queue a-queue-name --msg 'foobar'
  
  # To SNS (considering, the queue we consume are subscribed to topic)
  $ loafer publish_sns --topic a-topic-name --msg 'foobar'