Python AMQP client to send messages to Azure EventHub (see line 2 & 3 to run it)

amqp_client.py

from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals
"""
To run this script (works on both Python 2 & 3), follow these steps:
1. pip install python-qpid-proton
2. python amqp_client.py
"""
import optparse
from proton import Message
from proton.handlers import MessagingHandler
from proton.reactor import Container


class Send(MessagingHandler):
    def __init__(self, url, messages):
        super(Send, self).__init__()
        self.url = url
        self.sent = 0
        self.confirmed = 0
        self.total = messages

    def on_start(self, event):
        event.container.create_sender(self.url)

    def on_sendable(self, event):
        while event.sender.credit and self.sent < self.total:
            msg = Message(id=(self.sent+1), body={'sequence':(self.sent+1)})
            event.sender.send(msg)
            self.sent += 1

    def on_accepted(self, event):
        self.confirmed += 1
        if self.confirmed == self.total:
            print("all messages confirmed")
            event.connection.close()

    def on_disconnected(self, event):
        self.sent = self.confirmed

parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage="usage: %prog [options]",
                               description="Send messages to the supplied address.")
ADDRESS = "amqps://ingress:<url-encoded-key>@vi-dev-nasp-loadgen.servicebus.windows.net:5671/vi-dev-ehub-loadgen"

parser.add_option("-a", "--address", default=ADDRESS,
                  help="address to which messages are sent (default %default)")
parser.add_option("-m", "--messages", type="int", default=100,
                  help="number of messages to send (default %default)")
opts, args = parser.parse_args()

try:
    Container(Send(opts.address, opts.messages)).run()
except KeyboardInterrupt:
    print("\nShutting down. Bye!")
    pass