aws-sqs

Manage Simple Queue Service queues and messages.

TLDR

Create a new queue

$ aws sqs create-queue --queue-name [queue-name]

List all queues

$ aws sqs list-queues

Get the URL of a queue

$ aws sqs get-queue-url --queue-name [queue-name]

Send a message to a queue

$ aws sqs send-message --queue-url [queue-url] --message-body "[message content]"

Receive messages with long polling (waits up to 20s)

$ aws sqs receive-message --queue-url [queue-url] --max-number-of-messages [10] --wait-time-seconds [20]

Delete a message after processing

$ aws sqs delete-message --queue-url [queue-url] --receipt-handle [handle]

Purge all messages from a queue

$ aws sqs purge-queue --queue-url [queue-url]

Delete a queue

$ aws sqs delete-queue --queue-url [queue-url]

aws sqs is the AWS CLI interface for Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), a fully managed message queuing service for decoupling and scaling distributed systems and serverless applications.SQS offers two queue types: Standard queues with maximum throughput and at-least-once delivery, and FIFO queues with exactly-once processing and ordered delivery. Messages can be retained for up to 14 days.

SUBCOMMANDS

Queue Management

create-queue, delete-queue, list-queues, get-queue-url, get-queue-attributes, set-queue-attributes, purge-queue

Messaging

send-message, send-message-batch, receive-message, delete-message, delete-message-batch, change-message-visibility, change-message-visibility-batch

Permissions

add-permission, remove-permission

Tagging

tag-queue, untag-queue, list-queue-tags

Dead-letter Queues

list-dead-letter-source-queues, start-message-move-task, cancel-message-move-task, list-message-move-tasks

INSTALL

sudo dnf install aws

sudo pacman -S aws-cli

sudo apk add aws-cli

sudo zypper install aws-cli

CAVEATS

Messages must be explicitly deleted after processing; SQS does not auto-delete consumed messages. The visibility timeout makes messages temporarily invisible to other consumers while processing. Standard queues may deliver duplicate messages; use FIFO queues for exactly-once processing. Maximum message size is 256KB; use S3 for larger payloads.

HISTORY

Amazon SQS launched in July 2006 as one of AWS's first services, predating S3. It was redesigned in 2014 with significant improvements to throughput and latency. FIFO queues were added in 2016 to support ordered message processing.

RESOURCES

Source code · Homepage · Documentation