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SQS Purge Queue

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Deletes all the messages in an SQS queue.

See SQS PurgeQueue 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","PurgeQueue");

# Use the actual path part of your SQS queue URL here:
$responseXml = $rest->fullRequestNoBody("GET","/123456789123/chilkatTest");
if ($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 PurgeQueue response:
# <PurgeQueueResponse>
#     <ResponseMetadata>
#         <RequestId>
#             6fde8d1e-52cd-4581-8cd9-c512f4c64223
#         </RequestId>
#     </ResponseMetadata>
# </PurgeQueueResponse>