import pika import time connection = pika.BlockingConnection( pika.ConnectionParameters(host='localhost')) channel = connection.channel() channel.queue_declare(queue='task_queue', durable=True) print(' [*] Waiting for messages. To exit press CTRL+C') def callback(ch, method, properties, body): print(f" [x] Received {body.decode()}") time.sleep(body.count(b'.')) print(" [x] Done") ch.basic_ack(delivery_tag=method.delivery_tag) channel.basic_qos(prefetch_count=1) channel.basic_consume(queue='task_queue', on_message_callback=callback) channel.start_consuming()