def publish_and_get_response(self, message, payload, timeout_secs=5): sent_correlation = str(uuid.uuid1()) consumer_ready = Event() def on_consumer_ready(): consumer_ready.set() consumer = Consumer(self.broker_url, self._queue_prefix, self.exchange) consumer.on_connection_setup_finished = on_consumer_ready response = {} response_received = Event() def response_callback(response_payload, **kwargs): if not sent_correlation == kwargs['properties'].correlation_id: return response['payload'] = response_payload response_received.set() def wait_for_response(): consumer.subscribe(message + '.answered', response_callback, transient_queue=True) consumer.start() thread = Thread(target=wait_for_response) thread.daemon = True thread.start() consumer_ready.wait(2) self._publish(message, payload, correlation_id=sent_correlation) timed_out = not response_received.wait(timeout_secs) if timed_out: raise MessageBusTimeoutError() consumer.stop() return response.get('payload')