# Solace Queue Browser Using Python

**URL:** <https://community.solace.com/t/solace-queue-browser-using-python/2055>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Tags:** queue, python, solacepubsub, api\
**Created:** [October 18, 2024, 2:37am UTC](https://community.solace.com/t/solace-queue-browser-using-python/2055 "2024-10-18T02:37:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![AllenW](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/solace/user_avatar/community.solace.com/allenw/32/2366_2.png) [@AllenW](https://community.solace.com/u/AllenW)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 2:37am UTC](https://community.solace.com/t/solace-queue-browser-using-python/2055/1 "2024-10-18T02:37:33Z")

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Was wondering if anyone has had any luck with building a queue browser using Python & the Solace Python API?  
I have seen some queue browsing options using SDKPerf & Java (including the Chrome Browser) but I was hoping to do something similar but with Python. It’s also worth noting while the Chrome Browser tool is great, some organizations including mine don’t allow extensions and chrome as a browser has been discontinued.  
In the past we have also used JMSToolbox but have found it has a great amount of difficulty viewing payloads of queues with a large quantity of messages, so doesn’t scale very well.  
I have had trouble finding any repositories with using the Python API so thought I would start a discussion here.

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**Author:** ![Aaron](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/solace/user_avatar/community.solace.com/aaron/32/843_2.png) [@Aaron](https://community.solace.com/u/Aaron)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 11:19am UTC](https://community.solace.com/t/solace-queue-browser-using-python/2055/2 "2024-10-18T11:19:57Z")

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Hi @AllenW . Queue browsing isn’t supported yet in the Python API unfortunately. [https://docs.solace.com/API/API-Developer-Guide/Feature-Support-PubSub-Messaging-APIs.htm](https://docs.solace.com/API/API-Developer-Guide/Feature-Support-PubSub-Messaging-APIs.htm)

If you want to try a queue browsing app that kicks JMSToolBox in terms of performance, try my PrettyDump console utility: [https://github.com/SolaceLabs/solace-pretty-dump](https://github.com/SolaceLabs/solace-pretty-dump) I just released v1.1 today. Needs either Java 8+, or Docker.

It’s been used by a lot of our customers… and quite a few after having JMSToolBox die or being unable to parse really large messages or really deep queues. It can parse multi-megabyte XML or JSON payloads, browse super deep queues until the end, filter messages either at the broker using Selectors, or do client-side payload filtering. Can hide payloads too if you just want to dump headers/metadata.

Check it out!

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**Author:** ![Kevin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2acd7d/32.png) [@Kevin](https://community.solace.com/u/Kevin)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.solace.com/t/solace-queue-browser-using-python/2055/3 "2024-10-18T21:05:19Z")

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That’s a great question! While I haven’t come across many dedicated repositories for a queue browser using the Solace Python API, I think building one from scratch could be a fun challenge. You could leverage the API to fetch message details and display them in a simple GUI using libraries like Tkinter or PyQt. If you’re looking for an alternative approach, perhaps using Flask to create a web-based interface might work, too. I’d love to hear if anyone else has experience with this or any insights on best practices!