# Introduction to Pika

Pika is a pure-Python implementation of the AMQP 0-9-1 protocol that tries to stay fairly independent of the underlying network support library.

If you have not developed with Pika or RabbitMQ before, the Introduction to Pika documentation is a good place to get started.

## Installing Pika

Pika is available for download via PyPI and may be installed using pip:

    pip install pika

To install from source:

    pip install .

## Using Pika

- Introduction to Pika
- Core Class and Module Documentation
- Usage Examples
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Contributors

## Indices and tables

- Index

- Module Index

- Search Page