I started a AMQP library; there really isn't a lot there but at least I was able to connect to the server. Here is the code and hopefully someone else can continue with the project. The AMQP protocol is moderately complex. HTTP is simple and stuff like RMI, JMS, Database Protocols are really complicated. AMQP seems to be in the middle. There is a lot of documentation and at least two good implementations. The included java implementation and I used the python implementation as a guide. http://www.iona.com/opensource/amqp/ http://barryp.org/software/py-amqplib/ Here is my source (in subversion): http://openbotlist.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/botlistprojects/botspider/spider... If were to make a suggestion; Barry's python code is really easy to follow. I would suggest using that as a guide. and if you are brave, you can really analyze the protocol and just go off the docs. Either way. My code got as far as connecting to the server, sending the protocol out and getting back an initial response. I didnt build a queue message (frame) or much else. -- Berlin Brown http://botspiritcompany.com/botlist/spring/help/about.html