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Amazon SQS Queues API

Operations for creating, managing, and deleting SQS queues

Amazon SQS Queues 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 Queues. 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 8 operations across 7 paths, and defines 8 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.

8 operations 7 paths 8 schemas 1 DELETE4 GET3 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
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Amazon SQS Queues 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 8

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 1 DELETE, 4 GET, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Queues 8

Operations for creating, managing, and deleting SQS queues

POST
/
Amazon Sqs Create a New Sqs Queue
CreateQueue body → 200400403
DELETE
/{accountId}/{queueName}
Amazon Sqs Delete a Queue
DeleteQueue 3 params → 200400403
GET
/{accountId}/{queueName}/attributes
Amazon Sqs Get Attributes for a Queue
GetQueueAttributes 4 params → 200400
POST
/{accountId}/{queueName}/attributes
Amazon Sqs Set Attributes for a Queue
SetQueueAttributes 2 params body → 200400
POST
/{accountId}/{queueName}/purge
Amazon Sqs Purge All Messages From a Queue
PurgeQueue 2 params body → 200403
GET
/queues
Amazon Sqs List All Queues in the Account
ListQueues 4 params → 200400403
GET
/queue-url
Amazon Sqs Get the Url for a Queue
GetQueueUrl 3 params → 200400
GET
/{accountId}/{queueName}/dead-letter-source-queues
Amazon Sqs List Queues That Have This Queue as a Dead-letter Queue
ListDeadLetterSourceQueues 5 params → 200400

Schemas 8

The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ListDeadLetterSourceQueuesResponse (2 properties), GetQueueAttributesResponse (2 properties), CreateQueueResponse (2 properties), ErrorResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ResponseMetadata
object
1 property
ListDeadLetterSourceQueuesResponse
object
2 properties
ListQueuesResponse
object
2 properties
GenericResponse
object
1 property
GetQueueUrlResponse
object
2 properties
ErrorResponse
object
2 properties
CreateQueueResponse
object
2 properties
GetQueueAttributesResponse
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

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

Other APIs Amazon SQS publishes across the network.

Amazon SQS Messages API
Amazon SQS Permissions API
Amazon SQS Tags API
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