Amazon Simple Queue Service

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Welcome to the Amazon SQS API Reference . Amazon SQS is a reliable, highly-scalable hosted queue for storing messages as they travel between applications or microservices. Amazon SQS moves data between distributed application components and helps you decouple these components. For information on the permissions you need to use this API, see Identi

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET GET_CreateQueue

Creates a new standard or FIFO queue. You can pass one or more attributes in the request. Keep the following in mind: If you don't specify the FifoQueue attribute, Amazon SQS creates a standard queue. You can't change the queue type after you create it

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/sqs/2012-11-05/#Action=CreateQueue?Tag=example&Action=CreateQueue&Version=2012-11-05&Attribute=example&QueueName=example

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/sqs/2012-11-05/#Action=CreateQueue?Tag=example&Action=CreateQueue&Version=2012-11-05&Attribute=example&QueueName=example"

import requests
params = {
    "Tag": "example",
    "Action": "CreateQueue",
    "Version": "2012-11-05",
    "Attribute": "example",
    "QueueName": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/sqs/2012-11-05/#Action=CreateQueue",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/sqs/2012-11-05/#Action=CreateQueue');
url.searchParams.set('Tag', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('Action', 'CreateQueue');
url.searchParams.set('Version', '2012-11-05');
url.searchParams.set('Attribute', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('QueueName', 'example');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/sqs/2012-11-05/#Action=CreateQueue")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("Tag", "example")
	q.Set("Action", "CreateQueue")
	q.Set("Version", "2012-11-05")
	q.Set("Attribute", "example")
	q.Set("QueueName", "example")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/sqs/2012-11-05/#Action=CreateQueue")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "Tag" => "example",
  "Action" => "CreateQueue",
  "Version" => "2012-11-05",
  "Attribute" => "example",
  "QueueName" => "example"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/sqs/2012-11-05/#Action=CreateQueue?" . http_build_query([
    "Tag" => "example",
    "Action" => "CreateQueue",
    "Version" => "2012-11-05",
    "Attribute" => "example",
    "QueueName" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET GET_GetQueueUrl

Returns the URL of an existing Amazon SQS queue. To access a queue that belongs to another AWS account, use the QueueOwnerAWSAccountId parameter to specify the account ID of the queue's owner. The queue's owner must grant you permission to access the queue. For more informatio

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/sqs/2012-11-05/#Action=GetQueueUrl?Action=GetQueueUrl&Version=2012-11-05&QueueName=example&QueueOwnerAWSAccountId=example

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/sqs/2012-11-05/#Action=GetQueueUrl?Action=GetQueueUrl&Version=2012-11-05&QueueName=example&QueueOwnerAWSAccountId=example"

import requests
params = {
    "Action": "GetQueueUrl",
    "Version": "2012-11-05",
    "QueueName": "example",
    "QueueOwnerAWSAccountId": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/sqs/2012-11-05/#Action=GetQueueUrl",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/sqs/2012-11-05/#Action=GetQueueUrl');
url.searchParams.set('Action', 'GetQueueUrl');
url.searchParams.set('Version', '2012-11-05');
url.searchParams.set('QueueName', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('QueueOwnerAWSAccountId', 'example');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/sqs/2012-11-05/#Action=GetQueueUrl")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("Action", "GetQueueUrl")
	q.Set("Version", "2012-11-05")
	q.Set("QueueName", "example")
	q.Set("QueueOwnerAWSAccountId", "example")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/sqs/2012-11-05/#Action=GetQueueUrl")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "Action" => "GetQueueUrl",
  "Version" => "2012-11-05",
  "QueueName" => "example",
  "QueueOwnerAWSAccountId" => "example"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/sqs/2012-11-05/#Action=GetQueueUrl?" . http_build_query([
    "Action" => "GetQueueUrl",
    "Version" => "2012-11-05",
    "QueueName" => "example",
    "QueueOwnerAWSAccountId" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET GET_ListQueues

Returns a list of your queues in the current region. The response includes a maximum of 1,000 results. If you specify a value for the optional QueueNamePrefix parameter, only queues with a name that begins with the specified value are returned. The listQueues met

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/sqs/2012-11-05/#Action=ListQueues?Action=ListQueues&Version=2012-11-05&NextToken=example&MaxResults=1&QueueNamePrefix=example

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/sqs/2012-11-05/#Action=ListQueues?Action=ListQueues&Version=2012-11-05&NextToken=example&MaxResults=1&QueueNamePrefix=example"

import requests
params = {
    "Action": "ListQueues",
    "Version": "2012-11-05",
    "NextToken": "example",
    "MaxResults": "1",
    "QueueNamePrefix": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/sqs/2012-11-05/#Action=ListQueues",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/sqs/2012-11-05/#Action=ListQueues');
url.searchParams.set('Action', 'ListQueues');
url.searchParams.set('Version', '2012-11-05');
url.searchParams.set('NextToken', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('MaxResults', '1');
url.searchParams.set('QueueNamePrefix', 'example');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/sqs/2012-11-05/#Action=ListQueues")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("Action", "ListQueues")
	q.Set("Version", "2012-11-05")
	q.Set("NextToken", "example")
	q.Set("MaxResults", "1")
	q.Set("QueueNamePrefix", "example")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/sqs/2012-11-05/#Action=ListQueues")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "Action" => "ListQueues",
  "Version" => "2012-11-05",
  "NextToken" => "example",
  "MaxResults" => "1",
  "QueueNamePrefix" => "example"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/sqs/2012-11-05/#Action=ListQueues?" . http_build_query([
    "Action" => "ListQueues",
    "Version" => "2012-11-05",
    "NextToken" => "example",
    "MaxResults" => "1",
    "QueueNamePrefix" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

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What can you build with Amazon Simple Queue Service?

Amazon Simple Queue Service is a Cloud API. Developers commonly use cloud APIs for:

provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure
automating deployments and container orchestration
monitoring uptime and performance metrics
managing storage buckets and databases
setting up auto-scaling and load balancing

No authentication required. This API is open — no signup or key needed. Ideal for quick prototypes and public-facing features. Amazon Simple Queue Service is free to use, making it a low-risk choice to experiment with.

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