zulip/zerver/management/commands/purge_queue.py

from __future__ import absolute_import

from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
from django.core.management import CommandError
from zerver.lib.queue import SimpleQueueClient

class Command(BaseCommand):
    def add_arguments(self, parser):
        parser.add_argument('queue_name', metavar='<queue name>', type=str,
                            help="queue to purge")

    help = "Discards all messages from the given queue"
    def handle(self, *args, **options):
        queue_name = options['queue_name']
        queue = SimpleQueueClient()
        queue.ensure_queue(queue_name, lambda: None)
        queue.channel.queue_purge(queue_name)
        print "Done"