Using Queues in Amazon SQS

This Python example shows you how to:

• Get a list of all of your message queues
• Obtain the URL for a particular queue
• Create and delete queues

The Scenario

In this example, Python code is used to work with queues. The code uses the AWS SDK for Python to use queues using these methods of the AWS.SQS client class:

• list_queues.
• create_queue.
• get_queue_url.
• delete_queue.

For more information about Amazon SQS messages, see How Queues Work in the Amazon Simple Queue Service Developer Guide.

All the example code for the Amazon Web Services (AWS) SDK for Python is available here on GitHub.

Prerequisite Tasks

To set up and run this example, you must first complete this task:

• Configure your AWS credentials, as described in Quickstart.

List Your Queues

The example below shows how to:

• List queues using list_queues.

Example

import boto3

# Create SQS client
sqs = boto3.client('sqs')

# List SQS queues
response = sqs.list_queues()

print(response['QueueUrls'])

Create a Queue

The example below shows how to:

• Create a queue using create_queue.

Example

import boto3

# Create SQS client
sqs = boto3.client('sqs')

# Create a SQS queue
response = sqs.create_queue(
    QueueName='SQS_QUEUE_NAME',
    Attributes={
        'DelaySeconds': '60',
        'MessageRetentionPeriod': '86400'
    }
)

print(response['QueueUrl'])

Get the URL for a Queue

The example below shows how to:

• Get the URL for a queue using get_queue_url.

Example

import boto3

# Create SQS client
sqs = boto3.client('sqs')

# Get URL for SQS queue
response = sqs.get_queue_url(QueueName='SQS_QUEUE_NAME')

print(response['QueueUrl'])

Delete a Queue

The example below shows how to:

• Delete a queue using delete_queue.

Example

import boto3

# Create SQS client
sqs = boto3.client('sqs')

# Delete SQS queue
sqs.delete_queue(QueueUrl='SQS_QUEUE_URL')