Establish rabbitmq comms

Author: tyouwei

matching-service/src/services/rabbitMqService.ts

@@ -103,7 +103,10 @@ export const sendToQueue = async (
   try {
     if (!channel) throw new Error("RabbitMQ channel is not initialized");
 
-    await channel.assertQueue(queue);
+    await channel.assertQueue(queue, {
+      durable: true,
+      expires: 300000, //expire after 5 minutes of idle
+    });
 
     await channel.sendToQueue(queue, Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(payload)));
     console.log(`User sent to RabbitMQ queue "${queue}":`, payload);

peerprep-fe/package.json

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "@radix-ui/react-select": "^2.1.1",
     "@radix-ui/react-slot": "^1.1.0",
     "@types/js-cookie": "^3.0.6",
+    "amqplib": "^0.10.4",
     "axios": "^1.7.7",
     "class-variance-authority": "^0.7.0",
     "clsx": "^2.1.1",

peerprep-fe/pnpm-lock.yaml

@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 import Link from 'next/link';
 import { logout } from '@/lib/auth';
+import { sendMessageToQueue } from '@/lib/rabbitmq';
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button';
+import { axiosAuthClient } from '@/network/axiosClient';
 import { UserCircle, LogOut } from 'lucide-react';
 import {
   DropdownMenu,
@@ -23,6 +25,26 @@ export default function Navbar() {
     }
   };
 
+  const getProfileDetails = async () => {
+    const result = await axiosAuthClient.get('/auth/verify-token');
+    return result.data.data;
+  };
+
+  const handleMatchClick = async () => {
+    try {
+      const profileDetails = await getProfileDetails();
+      const message = {
+        _id: profileDetails.id,
+        name: profileDetails.username,
+        topic: 'TO BE ADDED',
+        difficulty: 'TO BE ADDED',
+      };
+      await sendMessageToQueue(message);
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error('Error in handleMatchClick:', err);
+    }
+  };
+
   return (
     <nav className="fixed top-0 z-10 w-full bg-gray-800 p-4">
       <div className="mx-auto flex max-w-7xl items-center justify-between">
@@ -40,7 +62,13 @@ export default function Navbar() {
           </Link>
           {/* Admin users should be able to add questions instead of match */}
           {!user?.isAdmin ? (
-            <Link href="/match" className="text-gray-300 hover:text-white">
+            // TODO: Change this such that it will pop up a toast for users to select topic and difficulty, the subsequent button will
+            //       then call "handleMatchClick"
+            <Link
+              href="/match"
+              className="text-gray-300 hover:text-white"
+              onClick={() => handleMatchClick()}
+            >
               Match
             </Link>
           ) : (

peerprep-fe/src/components/navbar/Navbar.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+'use server';
+
+import { connect } from 'amqplib';
+
+export const sendMessageToQueue = async (message: Record<string, any>) => {
+  try {
+    // 1. Connect to RabbitMQ server
+    const connection = await connect(process.env.RABBITMQ_URL);
+
+    // 2. Create a channel
+    const channel = await connection.createChannel();
+
+    // 3. Ensure the queue exists
+    const queue = process.env.MATCHING_SERVICE_QUEUE;
+    await channel.assertQueue(queue, {
+      durable: true,
+    });
+
+    // 4. Send a message to the queue
+    const messageBuffer = Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(message));
+    channel.sendToQueue(queue, messageBuffer, {
+      persistent: true,
+    });
+
+    console.log(`Message sent to queue "${queue}":`, message);
+
+    // 5. Close the channel and connection
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      channel.close();
+      connection.close();
+    }, 500);
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error('Error sending message to RabbitMQ:', err);
+    throw err;
+  }
+};