Inspect dead-letter queue payload headers in RabbitMQ via curl

SnippetOctober 11, 2026

# Fetch the first message from a dead-letter queue without requeueing:
curl -s -u guest:guest -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST 
  http://localhost:15672/api/queues/%2F/orders.dlq/get 
  -d '{"count":1,"ackmode":"ack_requeue_false","encoding":"auto"}' 
  | jq '.[0] | {headers: .properties.headers, payload: .payload}'

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