Sending, Receiving, and Deleting Amazon SQS Messages

Messages are always delivered using an SQS queue. These C++ examples show you how to use the AWS SDK for C++ to send, receive, and delete Amazon SQS messages from SQS queues.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, we recommend you read Getting started using the AWS SDK for C++.

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Send a Message

You can add a single message to an Amazon SQS queue by calling the SQSClient class SendMessage member function. You provide SendMessage with a SendMessageRequest object containing the queue’s URL, the message body, and an optional delay value (in seconds).

Includes

#include <aws/core/Aws.h>
#include <aws/sqs/SQSClient.h>
#include <aws/sqs/model/SendMessageRequest.h>
#include <iostream>

Code

    Aws::SQS::SQSClient sqsClient(clientConfiguration);

    Aws::SQS::Model::SendMessageRequest request;
    request.SetQueueUrl(queueUrl);
    request.SetMessageBody(messageBody);

    const Aws::SQS::Model::SendMessageOutcome outcome = sqsClient.SendMessage(request);
    if (outcome.IsSuccess()) {
        std::cout << "Successfully sent message to " << queueUrl <<
                  std::endl;
    }
    else {
        std::cerr << "Error sending message to " << queueUrl << ": " <<
                  outcome.GetError().GetMessage() << std::endl;
    }

See the complete example.

Receive Messages

Retrieve any messages that are currently in the queue by calling the SQSClient class ReceiveMessage member function, passing it the queue’s URL. Messages are returned as a list of Message objects.

Includes

#include <aws/core/Aws.h>
#include <aws/sqs/SQSClient.h>
#include <aws/sqs/model/ReceiveMessageRequest.h>
#include <iostream>

Code

    Aws::SQS::SQSClient sqsClient(clientConfiguration);

    Aws::SQS::Model::ReceiveMessageRequest request;
    request.SetQueueUrl(queueUrl);
    request.SetMaxNumberOfMessages(1);

    const Aws::SQS::Model::ReceiveMessageOutcome outcome = sqsClient.ReceiveMessage(
            request);
    if (outcome.IsSuccess()) {

        const Aws::Vector<Aws::SQS::Model::Message> &messages =
                outcome.GetResult().GetMessages();
        if (!messages.empty()) {
            const Aws::SQS::Model::Message &message = messages[0];
            std::cout << "Received message:" << std::endl;
            std::cout << "  MessageId: " << message.GetMessageId() << std::endl;
            std::cout << "  ReceiptHandle: " << message.GetReceiptHandle() << std::endl;
            std::cout << "  Body: " << message.GetBody() << std::endl << std::endl;
        }
        else {
            std::cout << "No messages received from queue " << queueUrl <<
                      std::endl;

        }
    }
    else {
        std::cerr << "Error receiving message from queue " << queueUrl << ": "
                  << outcome.GetError().GetMessage() << std::endl;
    }

See the complete example.

Delete Messages after Receipt

After receiving a message and processing its contents, delete the message from the queue by sending the message’s receipt handle and the queue URL to the SQSClient class DeleteMessage member function.

Includes

#include <aws/core/Aws.h>
#include <aws/sqs/SQSClient.h>
#include <aws/sqs/model/DeleteMessageRequest.h>
#include <iostream>

Code

    Aws::SQS::Model::DeleteMessageRequest request;
    request.SetQueueUrl(queueUrl);
    request.SetReceiptHandle(messageReceiptHandle);

    const Aws::SQS::Model::DeleteMessageOutcome outcome = sqsClient.DeleteMessage(
            request);
    if (outcome.IsSuccess()) {
        std::cout << "Successfully deleted message from queue " << queueUrl
                  << std::endl;
    }
    else {
        std::cerr << "Error deleting message from queue " << queueUrl << ": " <<
                  outcome.GetError().GetMessage() << std::endl;
    }

See the complete example.

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