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SQS Send Message

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Note: This example requires a patch to work properly. It requires Chilkat v9.5.0.61, which can be obtained upon request to support@chilkatsoft.com

Delivers a message to the specified queue. With Amazon SQS, you now have the ability to send large payload messages that are up to 256KB (262,144 bytes) in size.

See SQS SendMessage or detailed information.

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Java
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

    // Note: This example requires a patch to work properly.  
    // It requires Chilkat v9.5.0.61, which can be obtained upon request to support@chilkatsoft.com

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();

    // Connect to the Amazon AWS REST server.
    // such as https://sqs.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
    boolean bTls = true;
    int port = 443;
    boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("sqs.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);

    // Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
    CkAuthAws authAws = new CkAuthAws();
    authAws.put_AccessKey("AWS_ACCESS_KEY");
    authAws.put_SecretKey("AWS_SECRET_KEY");
    // the region should match our URL above..
    authAws.put_Region("us-west-2");
    authAws.put_ServiceName("sqs");

    rest.SetAuthAws(authAws);

    rest.AddQueryParam("Action","SendMessage");
    rest.AddQueryParam("MessageBody","This is the message body which can be up to 256K in size.");
    rest.AddQueryParam("MessageAttribute.1.Name","test_attribute_name_1");
    rest.AddQueryParam("MessageAttribute.1.Value.StringValue","test_attribute_value_1");
    rest.AddQueryParam("MessageAttribute.1.Value.DataType","String");
    rest.AddQueryParam("MessageAttribute.2.Name","test_attribute_name_2");
    rest.AddQueryParam("MessageAttribute.2.Value.StringValue","test_attribute_value_2");
    rest.AddQueryParam("MessageAttribute.2.Value.DataType","String");

    // Use the actual path part of your SQS queue URL here:
    String responseXml = rest.fullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/123456789123/chilkatTest");
    if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkXml xml = new CkXml();

    // A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
    if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        System.out.println("request header = " + rest.lastRequestHeader());
        System.out.println("response status code = " + rest.get_ResponseStatusCode());
        System.out.println("response status text = " + rest.responseStatusText());
        System.out.println("response header: " + rest.responseHeader());
        xml.LoadXml(responseXml);
        System.out.println(xml.getXml());
        return;
        }

    // Examine the successful XML response.
    xml.LoadXml(responseXml);
    System.out.println(xml.getXml());
    System.out.println("----");

    // A successful response looks like this:
    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
    // <SendMessageResponse>
    //     <SendMessageResult>
    //         <MD5OfMessageBody>
    //             fafb00f5732ab283681e124bf8747ed1
    //         </MD5OfMessageBody>
    //         <MD5OfMessageAttributes>
    // 	    3ae8f24a165a8cedc005670c81a27295
    //         </MD5OfMessageAttributes>
    //         <MessageId>
    //             5fea7756-0ea4-451a-a703-a558b933e274
    //         </MessageId>
    //     </SendMessageResult>
    //     <ResponseMetadata>
    //         <RequestId>
    //             27daac76-34dd-47df-bd01-1f6e873584a0
    //         </RequestId>
    //     </ResponseMetadata>
    // </SendMessageResponse>

    // Get some values from the response XML:
    System.out.println("Body: " + xml.chilkatPath("SendMessageResult|MD5OfMessageBody|*"));
    System.out.println("MessageId: " + xml.chilkatPath("SendMessageResult|MessageId|*"));
    System.out.println("RequestId: " + xml.chilkatPath("ResponseMetadata|RequestId|*"));
  }
}