An example for how to use AWS SQS queues in Powershell

SQSQueueExample.ps1

$QueueName = "myQueue"
$TopicName = "myTopic"
$Region = "us-west-2"


$SNSUserAccountID = (Get-EC2SecurityGroup -GroupNames "default")[0].OwnerId
$QueueURL = New-SQSQueue -QueueName $QueueName -Region $Region 
$QueueARN = (Get-SQSQueueAttribute -QueueUrl $QueueURL -AttributeName QueueArn).Attributes['QueueArn']
$TopicARN = New-SNSTopic -Name $TopicName -Region $Region 
$Sid = "Sid" + (Get-Random)


$Policy = @"
{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Id": "$QueueARN/SQSDefaultPolicy",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "$Sid",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Principal": "*",
      "Action": "SQS:SendMessage",
      "Resource": "$QueueARN",
      "Condition": {
        "ArnEquals": {
          "aws:SourceArn": "$TopicARN"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}
"@

Set-SQSQueueAttribute -QueueUrl $QueueURL -Attribute @{ Policy = $Policy }

$SubscriptionID = Connect-SNSNotification -TopicARN $TopicARN -Protocol SQS -Endpoint $QueueARN -Region $Region

Add-SNSPermission -TopicArn $TopicARN -Label ps-cmdlet-topic -AWSAccountIds $SNSUserAccountID -ActionNames publish -Region $Region
Add-SQSPermission -QueueUrl $QueueURL -Region $Region -AWSAccountId $SNSUserAccountID -Label queue-permission -ActionName SendMessage, ReceiveMessage

$MessageText = "Have a nice day!"

$MessageID = Publish-SNSMessage -TopicArn $TopicARN -Message $MessageText -Region $Region

$Message = Receive-SQSMessage -QueueUrl $QueueURL -Region $Region | Select -ExpandProperty Body | ConvertFrom-Json

$Message.Message