Configure Send Endpoint in MassTransit

public record SubmitOrder
{
    public string OrderId { get; init; }
}

public async Task SendOrder(ISendEndpointProvider sendEndpointProvider)
{
    var endpoint = await sendEndpointProvider.GetSendEndpoint(_serviceAddress);

    await endpoint.Send(new SubmitOrder { OrderId = "123" });
}

Endpoint Address

rabbitmq://localhost/input-queue

rabbitmq://localhost/input-queue?durable=false

Short Addresses

GetSendEndpoint(new Uri("queue:input-queue"))

Address Conventions

Using send endpoints might seem too verbose, because before sending any message, you need to get the send endpoint and to do that you need to have an endpoint address. Usually, addresses are kept in the configuration and accessing the configuration from all over the application is not a good practice.

Endpoint conventions solve this issue by allowing you to configure the mapping between message types and endpoint addresses. A potential downside here that you will not be able to send messages of the same type to different endpoints by using conventions. If you need to do this, keep using the GetSendEndpoint method.

EndpointConvention.Map<SubmitOrder>(new Uri("rabbitmq://mq.acme.com/order/order_processing"));

public async Task Post(SubmitOrderRequest request)
{
    if (AllGoodWith(request))
        await _bus.Send(ConvertToCommand(request));
}

Also, from inside the consumer, you can do the same using the ConsumeContext.Send overload:

EndpointConvention.Map<StartDelivery>(new Uri(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["deliveryServiceQueue"]));

The EndpointConvention.Map<T> method is static, so it can be called from everywhere. It is important to remember that you cannot configure conventions for the same message twice. If you try to do this – the Map method will throw an exception. This is also important when writing tests, so you need to configure the conventions at the same time as you configure your test bus (harness).

It is better to configure send conventions before you start the bus.

References
https://masstransit.io/documentation/concepts/producers#send-endpoint
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62713786/masstransit-endpointconvention-azure-service-bus/