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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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VB.NET
Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim rest As New Chilkat.Rest

' Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
' such as https://sqs.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
Dim bTls As Boolean = True
Dim port As Integer = 443
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean = True
success = rest.Connect("sqs.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)

' Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
Dim authAws As New 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:
Dim responseXml As String = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/123456789123/chilkatTest")
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("response status code = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    Debug.WriteLine("response status text = " & rest.ResponseStatusText)
    Debug.WriteLine("response header: " & rest.ResponseHeader)
    Debug.WriteLine("response body: " & responseXml)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Examine the successful XML response.
Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml
xml.LoadXml(responseXml)
Debug.WriteLine(xml.GetXml())

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