SQS / Resource / Queue

Queue

Note

Before using anything on this page, please refer to the resources user guide for the most recent guidance on using resources.

class SQS.Queue(url)

A resource representing an Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) Queue:

import boto3

sqs = boto3.resource('sqs')
queue = sqs.Queue('url')

Parameters:

url (string) – The Queue’s url identifier. This must be set.

Identifiers

Identifiers are properties of a resource that are set upon instantiation of the resource. For more information about identifiers refer to the Resources Introduction Guide.

These are the resource’s available identifiers:

• url

Attributes

Attributes provide access to the properties of a resource. Attributes are lazy-loaded the first time one is accessed via the load() method. For more information about attributes refer to the Resources Introduction Guide.

These are the resource’s available attributes:

• attributes

Actions

Actions call operations on resources. They may automatically handle the passing in of arguments set from identifiers and some attributes. For more information about actions refer to the Resources Introduction Guide.

These are the resource’s available actions:

• add_permission
• change_message_visibility_batch
• delete
• delete_messages
• get_available_subresources
• load
• purge
• receive_messages
• reload
• remove_permission
• send_message
• send_messages
• set_attributes

Sub-resources

Sub-resources are methods that create a new instance of a child resource. This resource’s identifiers get passed along to the child. For more information about sub-resources refer to the Resources Introduction Guide.

These are the resource’s available sub-resources:

• Message

Collections

Collections provide an interface to iterate over and manipulate groups of resources. For more information about collections refer to the Resources Introduction Guide.

These are the resource’s available collections:

• dead_letter_source_queues