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SQS Receive Message

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Retrieves one or more messages from an Amazon SQS queue, with a maximum limit of 10 messages, from the specified queue.

See SQS ReceiveMessage or detailed information.

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Local $bSuccess = False

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

$oRest = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Rest")

; Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
; such as https://sqs.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
Local $bTls = True
Local $iPort = 443
Local $bAutoReconnect = True
$bSuccess = $oRest.Connect("sqs.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",$iPort,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect)

; Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
$oAuthAws = ObjCreate("Chilkat.AuthAws")
$oAuthAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
$oAuthAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
; the region should match our URL above..
$oAuthAws.Region = "us-west-2"
$oAuthAws.ServiceName = "sqs"

$oRest.SetAuthAws($oAuthAws)

$oRest.AddQueryParam("Action","ReceiveMessage")
$oRest.AddQueryParam("MaxNumberOfMessages","5")
$oRest.AddQueryParam("VisibilityTimeout","15")
$oRest.AddQueryParam("AttributeName","All")
$oRest.AddQueryParam("MessageAttributeName","All")

; Use the actual path part of your SQS queue URL here:
Local $sResponseXml = $oRest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/123456789123/chilkatTest")
If ($oRest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oRest.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
If ($oRest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    ConsoleWrite("response status code = " & $oRest.ResponseStatusCode & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("response status text = " & $oRest.ResponseStatusText & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("response header: " & $oRest.ResponseHeader & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("response body: " & $sResponseXml & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Examine the successful XML response.
$oXml = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Xml")
$oXml.LoadXml($sResponseXml)
ConsoleWrite($oXml.GetXml() & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("----" & @CRLF)

; A successful response looks like this:
; <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
; <ReceiveMessageResponse xmlns="http://queue.amazonaws.com/doc/2012-11-05/">
;     <ReceiveMessageResult>
;         <Message>
;             <Body>this is a test</Body>
;             <MD5OfBody>54b0c58c7ce9f2a8b551351102ee0938</MD5OfBody>
;             <ReceiptHandle>AQEBMyLof...UbKBTvHtEg==</ReceiptHandle>
;             <Attribute>
;                 <Name>SenderId</Name>
;                 <Value>957491831129</Value>
;             </Attribute>
;             <Attribute>
;                 <Name>ApproximateFirstReceiveTimestamp</Name>
;                 <Value>1475013283557</Value>
;             </Attribute>
;             <Attribute>
;                 <Name>ApproximateReceiveCount</Name>
;                 <Value>4</Value>
;             </Attribute>
;             <Attribute>
;                 <Name>SentTimestamp</Name>
;                 <Value>1475013283557</Value>
;             </Attribute>
;             <MessageId>52882c65-5e21-4450-9024-93a3b01e61d3</MessageId>
;             <MD5OfMessageAttributes>2ff68603f4239272bd03f543254ed040</MD5OfMessageAttributes>
;         </Message>
;     </ReceiveMessageResult>
;     <ResponseMetadata>
;         <RequestId>05ba5c92-80ee-5f87-be76-0cf67b7475d6</RequestId>
;     </ResponseMetadata>
; </ReceiveMessageResponse>

; Get some values from the XML:
ConsoleWrite("Body: " & $oXml.ChilkatPath("ReceiveMessageResult|Message|Body|*") & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("MessageId: " & $oXml.ChilkatPath("ReceiveMessageResult|Message|MessageId|*") & @CRLF)

Local $sUnused = $oXml.ChilkatPath("ReceiveMessageResult|Message[0]|Attribute|$")

Local $oRec = $oXml.FindNextRecord("Name","SenderId")
ConsoleWrite("SenderId: " & $oRec.GetChildContent("Value") & @CRLF)

$oRec = $oXml.FindNextRecord("Name","ApproximateFirstReceiveTimestamp")
ConsoleWrite("ApproximateFirstReceiveTimestamp: " & $oRec.GetChildContent("Value") & @CRLF)

$oRec = $oXml.FindNextRecord("Name","ApproximateReceiveCount")
ConsoleWrite("ApproximateReceiveCount: " & $oRec.GetChildContent("Value") & @CRLF)

$oRec = $oXml.FindNextRecord("Name","SentTimestamp")
ConsoleWrite("SentTimestamp: " & $oRec.GetChildContent("Value") & @CRLF)

$oXml.GetRoot2