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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.

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Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Boolean iSuccess
    Handle hoRest
    Boolean iBTls
    Integer iPort
    Boolean iBAutoReconnect
    Variant vAuthAws
    Handle hoAuthAws
    String sResponseXml
    Handle hoXml
    String sTemp1
    Integer iTemp1
    Boolean bTemp1

    Move False To iSuccess

    // 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.

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatRest)) To hoRest
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoRest))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoRest
    End

    // Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
    // such as https://sqs.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
    Move True To iBTls
    Move 443 To iPort
    Move True To iBAutoReconnect
    Get ComConnect Of hoRest "sqs.us-west-2.amazonaws.com" iPort iBTls iBAutoReconnect To iSuccess

    // Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatAuthAws)) To hoAuthAws
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoAuthAws))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoAuthAws
    End
    Set ComAccessKey Of hoAuthAws To "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
    Set ComSecretKey Of hoAuthAws To "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
    // the region should match our URL above..
    Set ComRegion Of hoAuthAws To "us-west-2"
    Set ComServiceName Of hoAuthAws To "sqs"

    Get pvComObject of hoAuthAws to vAuthAws
    Get ComSetAuthAws Of hoRest vAuthAws To iSuccess

    Get ComAddQueryParam Of hoRest "Action" "SendMessage" To iSuccess
    Get ComAddQueryParam Of hoRest "MessageBody" "This is the message body which can be up to 256K in size." To iSuccess
    Get ComAddQueryParam Of hoRest "MessageAttribute.1.Name" "test_attribute_name_1" To iSuccess
    Get ComAddQueryParam Of hoRest "MessageAttribute.1.Value.StringValue" "test_attribute_value_1" To iSuccess
    Get ComAddQueryParam Of hoRest "MessageAttribute.1.Value.DataType" "String" To iSuccess
    Get ComAddQueryParam Of hoRest "MessageAttribute.2.Name" "test_attribute_name_2" To iSuccess
    Get ComAddQueryParam Of hoRest "MessageAttribute.2.Value.StringValue" "test_attribute_value_2" To iSuccess
    Get ComAddQueryParam Of hoRest "MessageAttribute.2.Value.DataType" "String" To iSuccess

    // Use the actual path part of your SQS queue URL here:
    Get ComFullRequestFormUrlEncoded Of hoRest "POST" "/123456789123/chilkatTest" To sResponseXml
    Get ComLastMethodSuccess Of hoRest To bTemp1
    If (bTemp1 <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatXml)) To hoXml
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoXml))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoXml
    End

    // A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
    Get ComResponseStatusCode Of hoRest To iTemp1
    If (iTemp1 <> 200) Begin
        Get ComLastRequestHeader Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln "request header = " sTemp1
        Get ComResponseStatusCode Of hoRest To iTemp1
        Showln "response status code = " iTemp1
        Get ComResponseStatusText Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln "response status text = " sTemp1
        Get ComResponseHeader Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln "response header: " sTemp1
        Get ComLoadXml Of hoXml sResponseXml To iSuccess
        Get ComGetXml Of hoXml To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // Examine the successful XML response.
    Get ComLoadXml Of hoXml sResponseXml To iSuccess
    Get ComGetXml Of hoXml To sTemp1
    Showln sTemp1
    Showln "----"

    // 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:
    Get ComChilkatPath Of hoXml "SendMessageResult|MD5OfMessageBody|*" To sTemp1
    Showln "Body: " sTemp1
    Get ComChilkatPath Of hoXml "SendMessageResult|MessageId|*" To sTemp1
    Showln "MessageId: " sTemp1
    Get ComChilkatPath Of hoXml "ResponseMetadata|RequestId|*" To sTemp1
    Showln "RequestId: " sTemp1


End_Procedure