How do I use consumer groups in NATS using Go?

NATS (Neural Autonomic Transport System) is a lightweight messaging system that provides support for publish-subscribe and request-reply models. One of the powerful features of NATS is consumer groups, which allow multiple subscribers to share the workload of processing messages. In this guide, you will learn how to use consumer groups in NATS using Go.

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Learn how to implement consumer groups using NATS with Go, making your message processing more efficient and scalable.

Example of Using Consumer Groups in NATS with Go

package main

import (
    "log"
    "github.com/nats-io/nats.go"
)

func main() {
    // Connect to the NATS server
    nc, err := nats.Connect(nats.DefaultURL)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }
    defer nc.Close()

    // Define a consumer group
    group := "example-group"

    // Subscribe to the specified subject using the consumer group
    nc.QueueSubscribe("updates", group, func(m *nats.Msg) {
        log.Printf("Received a message: %s", string(m.Data))
    })

    // Keep the program running
    select {}
}
        

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