def startReceiver(host, port, username, password, vhost, exchange_name, spec=None, channel=1, verbose=False):
 factory = createAMQPListener(username, password, vhost, exchange_name, spec=spec, channel=channel, verbose=verbose)
 reactor.connectTCP(host, port, factory)

def startReceiver ( host , port , username , password , vhost , exchange_name , spec = None , channel = 1 , verbose = False ) : factory = createAMQPListener ( username , password , vhost , exchange_name , spec = spec , channel = channel , verbose = verbose ) reactor . connectTCP ( host , port , factory )
starts a twisted process that will read messages on the amqp broker and post them as metrics .