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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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Tcl

load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

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

set rest [new_CkRest]

# Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
# such as https://sqs.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
set bTls 1
set port 443
set bAutoReconnect 1
set success [CkRest_Connect $rest "sqs.us-west-2.amazonaws.com" $port $bTls $bAutoReconnect]

# Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
set authAws [new_CkAuthAws]

CkAuthAws_put_AccessKey $authAws "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
CkAuthAws_put_SecretKey $authAws "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
# the region should match our URL above..
CkAuthAws_put_Region $authAws "us-west-2"
CkAuthAws_put_ServiceName $authAws "sqs"

CkRest_SetAuthAws $rest $authAws

CkRest_AddQueryParam $rest "Action" "PurgeQueue"

# Use the actual path part of your SQS queue URL here:
set responseXml [CkRest_fullRequestNoBody $rest "GET" "/123456789123/chilkatTest"]
if {[CkRest_get_LastMethodSuccess $rest] != 1} then {
    puts [CkRest_lastErrorText $rest]
    delete_CkRest $rest
    delete_CkAuthAws $authAws
    exit
}

# A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if {[CkRest_get_ResponseStatusCode $rest] != 200} then {
    puts "response status code = [CkRest_get_ResponseStatusCode $rest]"
    puts "response status text = [CkRest_responseStatusText $rest]"
    puts "response header: [CkRest_responseHeader $rest]"
    puts "response body: $responseXml"
    delete_CkRest $rest
    delete_CkAuthAws $authAws
    exit
}

# Examine the successful XML response.
set xml [new_CkXml]

CkXml_LoadXml $xml $responseXml
puts [CkXml_getXml $xml]

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

delete_CkRest $rest
delete_CkAuthAws $authAws
delete_CkXml $xml