Visual Basic 6.0

SQS Send Message

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Note: This example requires a patch to work properly. It requires Chilkat v9.5.0.61, which can be obtained upon request to support@chilkatsoft.com

Delivers a message to the specified queue. With Amazon SQS, you now have the ability to send large payload messages that are up to 256KB (262,144 bytes) in size.

See SQS SendMessage or detailed information.

Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

' Note: This example requires a patch to work properly.  
' It requires Chilkat v9.5.0.61, which can be obtained upon request to support@chilkatsoft.com

' This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Dim rest As New ChilkatRest

' Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
' such as https://sqs.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
Dim bTls As Long
bTls = 1
Dim port As Long
port = 443
Dim bAutoReconnect As Long
bAutoReconnect = 1
success = rest.Connect("sqs.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)

' Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
Dim authAws As New ChilkatAuthAws
authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
authAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
' the region should match our URL above..
authAws.Region = "us-west-2"
authAws.ServiceName = "sqs"

success = rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)

success = rest.AddQueryParam("Action","SendMessage")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("MessageBody","This is the message body which can be up to 256K in size.")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("MessageAttribute.1.Name","test_attribute_name_1")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("MessageAttribute.1.Value.StringValue","test_attribute_value_1")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("MessageAttribute.1.Value.DataType","String")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("MessageAttribute.2.Name","test_attribute_name_2")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("MessageAttribute.2.Value.StringValue","test_attribute_value_2")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("MessageAttribute.2.Value.DataType","String")

' Use the actual path part of your SQS queue URL here:
Dim responseXml As String
responseXml = rest.FullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/123456789123/chilkatTest")
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim xml As New ChilkatXml

' A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.Print "request header = " & rest.LastRequestHeader
    Debug.Print "response status code = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode
    Debug.Print "response status text = " & rest.ResponseStatusText
    Debug.Print "response header: " & rest.ResponseHeader
    success = xml.LoadXml(responseXml)
    Debug.Print xml.GetXml()
    Exit Sub
End If

' Examine the successful XML response.
success = xml.LoadXml(responseXml)
Debug.Print xml.GetXml()
Debug.Print "----"

' A successful response looks like this:
' <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
' <SendMessageResponse>
'     <SendMessageResult>
'         <MD5OfMessageBody>
'             fafb00f5732ab283681e124bf8747ed1
'         </MD5OfMessageBody>
'         <MD5OfMessageAttributes>
' 	    3ae8f24a165a8cedc005670c81a27295
'         </MD5OfMessageAttributes>
'         <MessageId>
'             5fea7756-0ea4-451a-a703-a558b933e274
'         </MessageId>
'     </SendMessageResult>
'     <ResponseMetadata>
'         <RequestId>
'             27daac76-34dd-47df-bd01-1f6e873584a0
'         </RequestId>
'     </ResponseMetadata>
' </SendMessageResponse>

' Get some values from the response XML:
Debug.Print "Body: " & xml.ChilkatPath("SendMessageResult|MD5OfMessageBody|*")
Debug.Print "MessageId: " & xml.ChilkatPath("SendMessageResult|MessageId|*")
Debug.Print "RequestId: " & xml.ChilkatPath("ResponseMetadata|RequestId|*")