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SQS Receive Message

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

$success = $false

# 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","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.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 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:
$("Body: " + $xml.ChilkatPath("ReceiveMessageResult|Message|Body|*"))
$("MessageId: " + $xml.ChilkatPath("ReceiveMessageResult|Message|MessageId|*"))

$unused = $xml.ChilkatPath("ReceiveMessageResult|Message[0]|Attribute|$")

$rec = $xml.FindNextRecord("Name","SenderId")
$("SenderId: " + $rec.GetChildContent("Value"))

$rec = $xml.FindNextRecord("Name","ApproximateFirstReceiveTimestamp")
$("ApproximateFirstReceiveTimestamp: " + $rec.GetChildContent("Value"))

$rec = $xml.FindNextRecord("Name","ApproximateReceiveCount")
$("ApproximateReceiveCount: " + $rec.GetChildContent("Value"))

$rec = $xml.FindNextRecord("Name","SentTimestamp")
$("SentTimestamp: " + $rec.GetChildContent("Value"))

$xml.GetRoot2()