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SQS Create Queue

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Creates a new SQS queue.

See SQS CreateQueue or detailed information.

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Ruby
require 'chilkat'

success = false

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

rest = Chilkat::CkRest.new()

# 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.new()
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","CreateQueue")
rest.AddQueryParam("QueueName","testQueue")
rest.AddQueryParam("Attribute.1.Name","VisibilityTimeout")
rest.AddQueryParam("Attribute.1.Value","40")

responseXml = rest.fullRequestNoBody("GET","/")
if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true)
    print rest.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

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

# Examine the successful XML response.
xml = Chilkat::CkXml.new()
xml.LoadXml(responseXml)
print xml.getXml() + "\n";

# 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>