pamqp.encode

AMQP Data Encoder

Functions for encoding data of various types including field tables and arrays

pamqp.encode.bit(value, byte, position)[source]

Encode a bit value

Parameters
  • value (int) – Value to decode

  • byte (int) – The byte to apply the value to

  • position (int) – The position in the byte to set the bit on

Return type

tuple of bytes used and a bool value

pamqp.encode.boolean(value)[source]

Encode a boolean value.

Parameters

value (bool) – Value to encode

Return type

bytes

pamqp.encode.by_type(value, data_type)[source]

Takes a value of any type and tries to encode it with the specified encoder.

Parameters
  • value (any) – Value to encode

  • data_type (str) – type of data to encode

Return type

bytes

Raises

TypeError

pamqp.encode.byte_array(value)[source]

Encode a bytearray

Parameters

value (bytearray) – Value to encode

Return type

bytes

pamqp.encode.decimal(value)[source]

Encode a decimal.Decimal value.

Parameters

value (decimal.Decimal) – Value to encode

Return type

bytes

pamqp.encode.double(value)[source]

Encode a floating point value as a double

Parameters

value (float) – Value to encode

Return type

str

pamqp.encode.encode_table_value(value)[source]

Takes a value of any type and tries to encode it with the proper encoder

Parameters

value (any) – Value to encode

Return type

bytes

Raises

TypeError

pamqp.encode.field_array(value)[source]

Encode a field array from a dictionary.

Parameters

value (list) – Value to encode

Return type

bytes

Raises

TypeError

pamqp.encode.field_table(value)[source]

Encode a field table from a dictionary.

Parameters

or None value (dict) – Value to encode

Return type

bytes

Raises

TypeError

pamqp.encode.floating_point(value)[source]

Encode a floating point value.

Parameters

value (float) – Value to encode

Return type

bytes

pamqp.encode.long_int(value)[source]

Encode a long integer.

Parameters

value (int) – Value to encode

Return type

bytes

pamqp.encode.long_long_int(value)[source]

Encode a long-long int.

Parameters

or int value (long) – Value to encode

Return type

bytes

pamqp.encode.long_string(value)[source]

Encode a string.

Parameters

value (bytes) – Value to encode

Return type

bytes

Raises

TypeError

pamqp.encode.octet(value)[source]

Encode an octet value.

Parameters

value – Value to encode

Return type

bytes

Raises

TypeError

pamqp.encode.short_int(value)[source]

Encode a short integer.

Parameters

value (int) – Value to encode

Return type

bytes

Raises

TypeError

pamqp.encode.short_string(value)[source]

Encode a string.

Parameters

value (str) – Value to encode

Return type

bytes

Raises

TypeError

pamqp.encode.table_integer(value)[source]

Determines the best type of numeric type to encode value as, preferring the smallest data size first.

Parameters

value (int) – Value to encode

Return type

bytes

Raises

TypeError

pamqp.encode.timestamp(value)[source]

Encode a datetime.datetime object or time.struct_time.

Parameters

or time.struct_time value value (datetime.datetime) – Value to encode

Return type

bytes

Raises

TypeError