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SQS List Queues

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Returns a list of your Amazon SQS queues. The maximum number of queues that can be returned is 1000. If you specify a value for the optional QueueNamePrefix query parameter, only queues with a name beginning with the specified value are returned.

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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", "ListQueues")
-- List only queues having a name starting with "c".
-- Comment out this line to list all queues.
rest:add_query_param("QueueNamePrefix", "c")

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())
print("----")

-- A successful response looks like this:
-- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
-- <ListQueuesResponse xmlns="http://queue.amazonaws.com/doc/2012-11-05/">
--     <ListQueuesResult>
--         <QueueUrl>https://sqs.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/123491855557/chilkatTest</QueueUrl>
--         <QueueUrl>https://sqs.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/123496666627/chilkatses</QueueUrl>
--     </ListQueuesResult>
--     <ResponseMetadata>
--         <RequestId>77bce138-fbcc-5e42-9ee3-b15c1f7178c2</RequestId>
--     </ResponseMetadata>
-- </ListQueuesResponse>

-- Get each queue URL..
xml:find_child2("ListQueuesResult")
local i = 0
local numQueues = xml.num_children
while i < numQueues do
    print("QueueUrl: " .. xml:get_child_content_by_index(i))
    i = i + 1
end

xml:get_root2()