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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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import sys
import chilkat

success = False

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

rest = chilkat.CkRest()

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

# Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
authAws = chilkat.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","ListQueues")
# List only queues having a name starting with "c".
# Comment out this line to list all queues.
rest.AddQueryParam("QueueNamePrefix","c")

responseXml = rest.fullRequestNoBody("GET","/")
if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != True):
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

# A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200):
    print("response status code = " + str(rest.get_ResponseStatusCode()))
    print("response status text = " + rest.responseStatusText())
    print("response header: " + rest.responseHeader())
    print("response body: " + responseXml)
    sys.exit()

# Examine the successful XML response.
xml = chilkat.CkXml()
xml.LoadXml(responseXml)
print(xml.getXml())
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.FindChild2("ListQueuesResult")
i = 0
numQueues = xml.get_NumChildren()
while i < numQueues :
    print("QueueUrl: " + xml.getChildContentByIndex(i))
    i = i + 1

xml.GetRoot2()