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Amazon SQS

Amazon SQS Messages API

Operations for sending, receiving, and deleting messages in SQS queues

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Amazon SQS Messages API is one of 4 APIs that Amazon SQS publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Message. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, a getting-started guide, pricing, and best-practice docs.

This API exposes 10 operations across 9 paths, and defines 13 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2012-11-05.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://sqs.{region}.amazonaws.com.

10 operations 9 paths 13 schemas 2 GET8 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2012-11-05
Base URL
https://sqs.{region}.amazonaws.com/
Authentication
API Key
Contact
AWS Support
License
Apache 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Amazon SQS Messages API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (aws_sig_v4). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • aws_sig_v4 — AWS Signature Version 4 authentication. All SQS API requests must be signed using AWS credentials (Access Key ID and Secret Access Key). The signature is inclu…

Paths & Operations 10

Across 9 paths, the API surfaces 10 operations — 2 GET, 8 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Messages 10

Operations for sending, receiving, and deleting messages in SQS queues

GET
/{accountId}/{queueName}
Amazon Sqs Receive Messages From a Queue
ReceiveMessage 10 params → 200400
POST
/{accountId}/{queueName}
Amazon Sqs Send a Message to a Queue
SendMessage 2 params body → 200400
POST
/{accountId}/{queueName}/delete-message
Amazon Sqs Delete a Message From a Queue
DeleteMessage 2 params body → 200400
POST
/{accountId}/{queueName}/send-message-batch
Amazon Sqs Send up to 10 Messages to a Queue in a Single Request
SendMessageBatch 2 params body → 200400
POST
/{accountId}/{queueName}/delete-message-batch
Amazon Sqs Delete up to 10 Messages From a Queue in a Single Request
DeleteMessageBatch 2 params body → 200400
POST
/{accountId}/{queueName}/change-message-visibility
Amazon Sqs Change the Visibility Timeout of a Message
ChangeMessageVisibility 2 params body → 200400
POST
/{accountId}/{queueName}/change-message-visibility-batch
Amazon Sqs Change the Visibility Timeout of Multiple Messages
ChangeMessageVisibilityBatch 2 params body → 200400
POST
/{accountId}/{queueName}/start-message-move-task
Amazon Sqs Start an Asynchronous Task to Move Messages
StartMessageMoveTask 2 params body → 200400
GET
/{accountId}/{queueName}/list-message-move-tasks
Amazon Sqs List Message Move Tasks
ListMessageMoveTasks 4 params → 200400
POST
/{accountId}/{queueName}/cancel-message-move-task
Amazon Sqs Cancel a Message Move Task
CancelMessageMoveTask 2 params body → 200400

Schemas 13

The contract defines 13 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Message (6 properties), BatchResultErrorEntry (4 properties), SendMessageBatchResponse (2 properties), CancelMessageMoveTaskResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ListMessageMoveTasksResponse
object
2 properties
ChangeMessageVisibilityBatchResponse
object
2 properties
ResponseMetadata
object
1 property
ReceiveMessageResponse
object
2 properties
StartMessageMoveTaskResponse
object
2 properties
DeleteMessageBatchResponse
object
2 properties
BatchResultErrorEntry
object
A batch result error entry
4 properties
SendMessageResponse
object
2 properties
GenericResponse
object
1 property
Message
object
An Amazon SQS message
6 properties
SendMessageBatchResponse
object
2 properties
ErrorResponse
object
2 properties
CancelMessageMoveTaskResponse
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

amazon-sqs-messages-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Amazon SQS publishes across the network.

Amazon SQS Permissions API
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Amazon SQS Queues API
AE Profile APIs.io
Amazon SQS Tags API
AE Profile APIs.io
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API Details
ID
amazon-sqs:amazon-sqs-messages-api
Base URL
https://sqs.{region}.amazonaws.com/
Docs
https://aws.amazon.com/sqs/
Provider
Amazon SQS
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