Lua

SQS Create Queue

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Creates a new SQS queue.

See SQS CreateQueue or detailed information.

Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

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

local rest = chilkat.Rest.new()

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

-- Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
local authAws = chilkat.AuthAws.new()
authAws.access_key = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
authAws.secret_key = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
-- the region should match our URL above..
authAws.region = "us-west-2"
authAws.service_name = "sqs"

rest:set_auth_aws(authAws)

rest:add_query_param("Action", "CreateQueue")
rest:add_query_param("QueueName", "testQueue")
rest:add_query_param("Attribute.1.Name", "VisibilityTimeout")
rest:add_query_param("Attribute.1.Value", "40")

local responseXml = rest:full_request_no_body("GET", "/")
if not rest.last_method_success then
    print(rest.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if rest.response_status_code ~= 200 then
    print("response status code = " .. rest.response_status_code)
    print("response status text = " .. rest.response_status_text)
    print("response header: " .. rest.response_header)
    print("response body: " .. responseXml)
    return
end

-- Examine the successful XML response.
local xml = chilkat.Xml.new()
xml:load_xml(responseXml)
print(xml:get_xml())

-- A sample CreateQueue response:
-- <CreateQueueResponse>
--     <CreateQueueResult>
--         <QueueUrl>
--             http://queue.amazonaws.com/123456789012/testQueue
--         </QueueUrl>
--     </CreateQueueResult>
--     <ResponseMetadata>
--         <RequestId>
--             7a62c49f-347e-4fc4-9331-6e8e7a96aa73
--         </RequestId>
--     </ResponseMetadata>
-- </CreateQueueResponse>