man Amazon::SQS::Simple (3): OO API for accessing the Amazon Simple Queue

SYNOPSIS

use Amazon::SQS::Simple;
my $access_key = 'foo'; # Your AWS Access Key ID
my $secret_key = 'bar'; # Your AWS Secret Key

# Create an SQS object
my $sqs = new Amazon::SQS::Simple($access_key, $secret_key);
# Create a new queue
my $q = $sqs->CreateQueue('queue_name');
# Send a message
my $response = $q->SendMessage('Hello world!');

# Send multiple messages
my @responses = $q->SendMessageBatch(['Hello world', 'Farewell cruel world']);

# Retrieve a message
my $msg = $q->ReceiveMessage();
print $msg->MessageBody() # Hello world!
# Delete the message
$q->DeleteMessage($msg->ReceiptHandle());
# or
$q->DeleteMessage($msg);

# Delete the queue
$q->Delete();

INTRODUCTION

Amazon::SQS::Simple is an OO API for the Amazon Simple Queue Service.

IMPORTANT

This version of Amazon::SQS::Simple defaults to work against version 2009-02-01 of the SQS API.

Earlier API versions may or may not work.

CONSTRUCTOR

new($access_key, $secret_key, [%opts])

Constructs a new Amazon::SQS::Simple object

$access_key is your Amazon Web Services access key. $secret_key is your Amazon Web Services secret key. If you don't have either of these credentials, visit <http://aws.amazon.com/>.

Options for new:

Timeout => SECONDS

Set the HTTP user agent's timeout (default is 180 seconds)

Version => VERSION_STRING

Specifies the SQS API version you wish to use. E.g.:

 my $sqs = new Amazon::SQS::Simple($access_key, $secret_key, Version => '2008-01-01');

METHODS

GetQueue($queue_endpoint)

Gets the queue with the given endpoint. Returns a "Amazon::SQS::Simple::Queue" object. (See Amazon::SQS::Simple::Queue for details.)

CreateQueue($queue_name, [%opts])

Creates a new queue with the given name. Returns a "Amazon::SQS::Simple::Queue" object. (See Amazon::SQS::Simple::Queue for details.)

Options for CreateQueue:

DefaultVisibilityTimeout => SECONDS: Set the default visibility timeout for this queue

ListQueues([%opts])

Gets a list of all your current queues. Returns an array of "Amazon::SQS::Simple::Queue" objects. (See Amazon::SQS::Simple::Queue for details.)

Options for ListQueues:

QueueNamePrefix => STRING: Only those queues whose name begins with the specified string are returned.

FUNCTIONS

No functions are exported by default; if you want to use them, export them in your use line:

    use Amazon::SQS::Simple qw( timestamp );

timestamp($seconds): Takes a time in seconds since the epoch and returns a formatted timestamp suitable for using in a Timestamp or Expires optional method parameter.

STANDARD OPTIONS

The following options can be supplied with any of the listed methods.

AWSAccessKeyId => STRING: The AWS Access Key Id to use with the method call. If not provided, Amazon::SQS::Simple uses the value passed to the constructor.
SecretKey => STRING: The Secret Key to use with the method call. If not provided, Amazon::SQS::Simple uses the value passed to the constructor.
Timestamp => TIMESTAMP: All methods are automatically given a timestamp of the time at which they are called, but you can override this value if you need to. The value for this key should be a timestamp as returned by the Amazon::SQS::Simple::timestamp() function.
You generally do not need to supply this option.
Expires => TIMESTAMP: All methods are automatically given a timestamp of the time at which they are called. You can alternatively set an expiry time by providing an Expires option. The value for this key should be a timestamp as returned by the "Amazon::SQS::Simple::timestamp()" function.
You generally do not need to supply this option.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Bill Alford wrote the code to support basic functionality of older API versions in release 0.9. James Neal provided the proxy support code in release 2.0 Roland Walker provided support for the newer signature version in release 2.0 Chris Jones provied the batch message code in release 2.0 Glenn Fowler (among others) provided a patch for the subtle access bug surfaved by hash key randomisation, as well as some test cleanup code in 2.04 =head1 AUTHOR

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.