Request for Support to Set the connection_name Property

[Sanssouci-bit]

Hello,

While using the rabbitmq-c library to interact with RabbitMQ servers, I encountered a need to specify the connection_name property during the connection establishment. The connection_name is very useful for identifying and monitoring different client connections in the RabbitMQ management interface. Unfortunately, I noticed that the current version of the rabbitmq-c library does not seem to support setting this property directly.

After reviewing the documentation and the source code, I couldn't find a clear way to achieve this. Given the utility of connection_name and its support in other client libraries, I believe adding this feature to rabbitmq-c would greatly benefit developers using this library by providing more convenience and monitoring capabilities.

I would like to request a new feature that allows developers to specify a connection_name parameter when establishing a connection using amqp_open_connection or similar functions. This would not only enhance the functionality of the library but also make connections easier to manage and identify.

Thank you for considering this request. I look forward to your response.

[alanxz]

To specify a connection-name, you'll want to use the amqp_login_with_properties function when connecting to the broker, and provide a properties table with a key = connection_name and value with the name of the connection.

Constructing one may look like:

amqp_table_entry_t name;
name.key = amqp_cstring_bytes("connection_name");
name.value.kind = AMQP_FIELD_KIND_UTF8;
name.value.value.bytes = amqp_cstring_bytes("my-connection-name");

amqp_table_t properties;
properties.num_entries = 1;
properties.entries = &name;

amqp_login_with_properties(..., &properties...);