(PowerShell) SQS Purge Queue

Deletes all the messages in an SQS queue.

See SQS PurgeQueue or detailed information.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

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

$rest = New-Object Chilkat.Rest

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

# Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
$authAws = New-Object Chilkat.AuthAws
$authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
$authAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
# the region should match our URL above..
$authAws.Region = "us-west-2"
$authAws.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.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if ($rest.ResponseStatusCode -ne 200) {
    $("response status code = " + $rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    $("response status text = " + $rest.ResponseStatusText)
    $("response header: " + $rest.ResponseHeader)
    $("response body: " + $responseXml)
    exit
}

# Examine the successful XML response.
$xml = New-Object Chilkat.Xml
$xml.LoadXml($responseXml)
$($xml.GetXml())

# A sample PurgeQueue response:
# <PurgeQueueResponse>
#     <ResponseMetadata>
#         <RequestId>
#             6fde8d1e-52cd-4581-8cd9-c512f4c64223
#         </RequestId>
#     </ResponseMetadata>
# </PurgeQueueResponse>