SQS Playing

sqs_example.py

# http://boto.readthedocs.org/en/latest/sqs_tut.html

# my aws settings
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=''
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=''

# creating my example queue
import boto.sqs
conn = boto.sqs.connect_to_region("eu-west-1", aws_access_key_id=AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, aws_secret_access_key=AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY)
q = conn.create_queue('david-test')
q.get_timeout()
conn.get_all_queues()
conn.get_queue('david-test')

# adding a message to the queue
from boto.sqs.message import Message
m = Message()
m.set_body('This is my first message.')
q.write(m)

# get my message out of the queue
rs = q.get_messages()
rm = rs[0]
rm.get_body()


# tidied up after myself
q.delete_message(rm)
conn.delete_queue(q)