NestJS - Combine HTTP with RabbitMQ in microservices

Question

I have a few microservices, which are exposed through an API-Gateway. The gateway takes care of handling authentication and routing into the system. The services behind the

Answer 1

RabbitMQ is supported in nestjs as a microservice. If you want your application to support both http requests and a message broker, you can create a hybrid application.

// Create your regular nest application.
const app = await NestFactory.create(ApplicationModule);

// Then combine it with a RabbitMQ microservice
const microservice = app.connectMicroservice({
  transport: Transport.RMQ,
  options: {
    urls: [`amqp://localhost:5672`],
    queue: 'my_queue',
    queueOptions: { durable: false },
  },
});

await app.startAllMicroservicesAsync();
await app.listen(3001);