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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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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","ReceiveMessage");
$rest->AddQueryParam("MaxNumberOfMessages","5");
$rest->AddQueryParam("VisibilityTimeout","15");
$rest->AddQueryParam("AttributeName","All");
$rest->AddQueryParam("MessageAttributeName","All");

# 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";
print "----" . "\r\n";

# 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:
print "Body: " . $xml->chilkatPath("ReceiveMessageResult|Message|Body|*") . "\r\n";
print "MessageId: " . $xml->chilkatPath("ReceiveMessageResult|Message|MessageId|*") . "\r\n";

$unused = $xml->chilkatPath("ReceiveMessageResult|Message[0]|Attribute|$");

# rec is a Xml
$rec = $xml->FindNextRecord("Name","SenderId");
print "SenderId: " . $rec->getChildContent("Value") . "\r\n";

# rec is a Xml
$rec = $xml->FindNextRecord("Name","ApproximateFirstReceiveTimestamp");
print "ApproximateFirstReceiveTimestamp: " . $rec->getChildContent("Value") . "\r\n";

# rec is a Xml
$rec = $xml->FindNextRecord("Name","ApproximateReceiveCount");
print "ApproximateReceiveCount: " . $rec->getChildContent("Value") . "\r\n";

# rec is a Xml
$rec = $xml->FindNextRecord("Name","SentTimestamp");
print "SentTimestamp: " . $rec->getChildContent("Value") . "\r\n";

$xml->GetRoot2();