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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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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

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

$rest = chilkat::CkRest->new();

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

# Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
$authAws = chilkat::CkAuthAws->new();
$authAws->put_AccessKey("AWS_ACCESS_KEY");
$authAws->put_SecretKey("AWS_SECRET_KEY");
# the region should match our URL above..
$authAws->put_Region("us-west-2");
$authAws->put_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");

$responseXml = $rest->fullRequestNoBody("GET","/");
if ($rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if ($rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
    print "response status code = " . $rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() . "\r\n";
    print "response status text = " . $rest->responseStatusText() . "\r\n";
    print "response header: " . $rest->responseHeader() . "\r\n";
    print "response body: " . $responseXml . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Examine the successful XML response.
$xml = chilkat::CkXml->new();
$xml->LoadXml($responseXml);
print $xml->getXml() . "\r\n";

# 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>