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SQS Create Queue

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Creates a new SQS queue.

See SQS CreateQueue or detailed information.

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bool success = false;

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

Chilkat.Rest rest = new Chilkat.Rest();

//  Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
//  such as https://sqs.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
bool bTls = true;
int port = 443;
bool bAutoReconnect = true;
success = rest.Connect("sqs.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);

//  Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
Chilkat.AuthAws authAws = new Chilkat.AuthAws();
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";

rest.SetAuthAws(authAws);

rest.AddQueryParam("Action","CreateQueue");
rest.AddQueryParam("QueueName","testQueue");
rest.AddQueryParam("Attribute.1.Name","VisibilityTimeout");
rest.AddQueryParam("Attribute.1.Value","40");

string responseXml = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/");
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if (rest.ResponseStatusCode != 200) {
    Debug.WriteLine("response status code = " + Convert.ToString(rest.ResponseStatusCode));
    Debug.WriteLine("response status text = " + rest.ResponseStatusText);
    Debug.WriteLine("response header: " + rest.ResponseHeader);
    Debug.WriteLine("response body: " + responseXml);
    return;
}

//  Examine the successful XML response.
Chilkat.Xml xml = new Chilkat.Xml();
xml.LoadXml(responseXml);
Debug.WriteLine(xml.GetXml());

//  A sample CreateQueue response:
//  <CreateQueueResponse>
//      <CreateQueueResult>
//          <QueueUrl>
//              http://queue.amazonaws.com/123456789012/testQueue
//          </QueueUrl>
//      </CreateQueueResult>
//      <ResponseMetadata>
//          <RequestId>
//              7a62c49f-347e-4fc4-9331-6e8e7a96aa73
//          </RequestId>
//      </ResponseMetadata>
//  </CreateQueueResponse>