SQS / Client / delete_message_batch

delete_message_batch

SQS.Client.delete_message_batch(**kwargs)

Deletes up to ten messages from the specified queue. This is a batch version of DeleteMessage. The result of the action on each message is reported individually in the response.

Warning

Because the batch request can result in a combination of successful and unsuccessful actions, you should check for batch errors even when the call returns an HTTP status code of 200.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.delete_message_batch(
    QueueUrl='string',
    Entries=[
        {
            'Id': 'string',
            'ReceiptHandle': 'string'
        },
    ]
)

Parameters:

• QueueUrl (string) –

  [REQUIRED]

  The URL of the Amazon SQS queue from which messages are deleted.

  Queue URLs and names are case-sensitive.

• Entries (list) –

  [REQUIRED]

  Lists the receipt handles for the messages to be deleted.

  • (dict) –

    Encloses a receipt handle and an identifier for it.

    • Id (string) – [REQUIRED]

      The identifier for this particular receipt handle. This is used to communicate the result.

      Note

      The ``Id``s of a batch request need to be unique within a request.

      This identifier can have up to 80 characters. The following characters are accepted: alphanumeric characters, hyphens(-), and underscores (_).

    • ReceiptHandle (string) – [REQUIRED]

      A receipt handle.

Return type:

dict

Returns:

Response Syntax

{
    'Successful': [
        {
            'Id': 'string'
        },
    ],
    'Failed': [
        {
            'Id': 'string',
            'SenderFault': True|False,
            'Code': 'string',
            'Message': 'string'
        },
    ]
}

Response Structure

• (dict) –

  For each message in the batch, the response contains a DeleteMessageBatchResultEntry tag if the message is deleted or a BatchResultErrorEntry tag if the message can’t be deleted.

  • Successful (list) –

    A list of DeleteMessageBatchResultEntry items.

    • (dict) –

      Encloses the Id of an entry in DeleteMessageBatch.

      • Id (string) –

        Represents a successfully deleted message.

  • Failed (list) –

    A list of BatchResultErrorEntry items.

    • (dict) –

      Gives a detailed description of the result of an action on each entry in the request.

      • Id (string) –

        The Id of an entry in a batch request.

      • SenderFault (boolean) –

        Specifies whether the error happened due to the caller of the batch API action.

      • Code (string) –

        An error code representing why the action failed on this entry.

      • Message (string) –

        A message explaining why the action failed on this entry.

Exceptions

• SQS.Client.exceptions.TooManyEntriesInBatchRequest

• SQS.Client.exceptions.EmptyBatchRequest

• SQS.Client.exceptions.BatchEntryIdsNotDistinct

• SQS.Client.exceptions.InvalidBatchEntryId

• SQS.Client.exceptions.RequestThrottled

• SQS.Client.exceptions.QueueDoesNotExist

• SQS.Client.exceptions.UnsupportedOperation

• SQS.Client.exceptions.InvalidAddress

• SQS.Client.exceptions.InvalidSecurity