GetQueueAttributes - Amazon Simple Queue Service (original) (raw)

Gets attributes for the specified queue.

Note

To determine whether a queue is FIFO, you can check whether QueueName ends with the .fifo suffix.

Request Syntax

{
   "AttributeNames": [ "string" ],
   "QueueUrl": "string"
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

AttributeNames

A list of attributes for which to retrieve information.

The AttributeNames parameter is optional, but if you don't specify values for this parameter, the request returns empty results.

Note

In the future, new attributes might be added. If you write code that calls this action, we recommend that you structure your code so that it can handle new attributes gracefully.

The following attributes are supported:

Important

The ApproximateNumberOfMessagesDelayed,ApproximateNumberOfMessagesNotVisible, andApproximateNumberOfMessages metrics may not achieve consistency until at least 1 minute after the producers stop sending messages. This period is required for the queue metadata to reach eventual consistency.

The following attributes apply only to dead-letter queues:

Note

The dead-letter queue of a FIFO queue must also be a FIFO queue. Similarly, the dead-letter queue of a standard queue must also be a standard queue.

The following attributes apply only to server-side-encryption:

The following attributes apply only to FIFO (first-in-first-out) queues:

Note

To determine whether a queue is FIFO, you can check whether QueueName ends with the .fifo suffix.

The following attributes apply only to high throughput for FIFO queues:

To enable high throughput for FIFO queues, do the following:

If you set these attributes to anything other than the values shown for enabling high throughput, normal throughput is in effect and deduplication occurs as specified.

For information on throughput quotas, see Quotas related to messages in the Amazon SQS Developer Guide.

Type: Array of strings

Valid Values: All | Policy | VisibilityTimeout | MaximumMessageSize | MessageRetentionPeriod | ApproximateNumberOfMessages | ApproximateNumberOfMessagesNotVisible | CreatedTimestamp | LastModifiedTimestamp | QueueArn | ApproximateNumberOfMessagesDelayed | DelaySeconds | ReceiveMessageWaitTimeSeconds | RedrivePolicy | FifoQueue | ContentBasedDeduplication | KmsMasterKeyId | KmsDataKeyReusePeriodSeconds | DeduplicationScope | FifoThroughputLimit | RedriveAllowPolicy | SqsManagedSseEnabled

Required: No

QueueUrl

The URL of the Amazon SQS queue whose attribute information is retrieved.

Queue URLs and names are case-sensitive.

Type: String

Required: Yes

Response Syntax

{
   "Attributes": { 
      "string" : "string" 
   }
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

Attributes

A map of attributes to their respective values.

Type: String to string map

Valid Keys: All | Policy | VisibilityTimeout | MaximumMessageSize | MessageRetentionPeriod | ApproximateNumberOfMessages | ApproximateNumberOfMessagesNotVisible | CreatedTimestamp | LastModifiedTimestamp | QueueArn | ApproximateNumberOfMessagesDelayed | DelaySeconds | ReceiveMessageWaitTimeSeconds | RedrivePolicy | FifoQueue | ContentBasedDeduplication | KmsMasterKeyId | KmsDataKeyReusePeriodSeconds | DeduplicationScope | FifoThroughputLimit | RedriveAllowPolicy | SqsManagedSseEnabled

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

InvalidAddress

The specified ID is invalid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidAttributeName

The specified attribute doesn't exist.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidSecurity

The request was not made over HTTPS or did not use SigV4 for signing.

HTTP Status Code: 400

QueueDoesNotExist

Ensure that the QueueUrl is correct and that the queue has not been deleted.

HTTP Status Code: 400

RequestThrottled

The request was denied due to request throttling.

HTTP Status Code: 400

UnsupportedOperation

Error code 400. Unsupported operation.

HTTP Status Code: 400

Examples

The following example query request gets all the attribute values for the specified queue. The structure of AUTHPARAMS depends on the signature of the API request. For more information, see Examples of Signed Signature Version 4 Requests in the AWS General Reference.

Example

Using AWS JSON protocol (Default)

Sample Request

POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
X-Amz-Target: AmazonSQS.GetQueueAtrributes
X-Amz-Date: <Date>
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.0
Authorization: <AuthParams>
Content-Length: <PayloadSizeBytes>
Connection: Keep-Alive 
{
    "QueueUrl": "https://sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/177715257436/MyQueue/",
    "AttributeNames": ["All"]
}

Sample Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
x-amzn-RequestId: <requestId>
Content-Length: <PayloadSizeBytes>
Date: <Date>
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.0
{
    "Attributes": {
       "QueueArn": "arn:aws:sqs:us-east-1:555555555555:MyQueue",
        "ApproximateNumberOfMessages": "0",
        "ApproximateNumberOfMessagesNotVisible": "0",
        "ApproximateNumberOfMessagesDelayed": "0",
        "CreatedTimestamp": "1676665337",
        "LastModifiedTimestamp": "1677096375",
        "VisibilityTimeout": "60",
        "MaximumMessageSize": "12345",
        "MessageRetentionPeriod": "345600",
        "DelaySeconds": "0",
        "Policy": "{\"Version\":\"2012-10-17\",\"Id\":\"Policy1677095510157\",\"Statement\":[{\"Sid\":\"Stmt1677095506939\",\"Effect\":\"Allow\",\"Principal\":\"*\",\"Action\":\"sqs:ReceiveMessage\",\"Resource\":\"arn:aws:sqs:us-east-1:555555555555:MyQueue6\"}]}",
        "RedriveAllowPolicy": "{\"redrivePermission\":\"allowAll\"}",
        "ReceiveMessageWaitTimeSeconds": "2",
        "SqsManagedSseEnabled": "true"
    }
}

Example

Using AWS query protocol

Sample Request

POST /177715257436/MyQueue/ HTTP/1.1
Host: sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
X-Amz-Date: <Date>
Authorization: <AuthParams>
Content-Length: <PayloadSizeBytes>
Connection: Keep-Alive
Action=GetQueueAttributes
&AttributeName.1=All

Sample Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<GetQueueAttributesResponse xmlns="http://queue.amazonaws.com/doc/2012-11-05/">
    <GetQueueAttributesResult>
        <Attribute>
            <Name>QueueArn</Name>
            <Value>arn:aws:sqs:us-east-1:555555555555:MyQueue</Value>
        </Attribute>
        <Attribute>
            <Name>ApproximateNumberOfMessages</Name>
            <Value>5</Value>
        </Attribute>
        <Attribute>
            <Name>ApproximateNumberOfMessagesNotVisible</Name>
            <Value>0</Value>
        </Attribute>
        <Attribute>
            <Name>ApproximateNumberOfMessagesDelayed</Name>
            <Value>0</Value>
        </Attribute>
        <Attribute>
            <Name>CreatedTimestamp</Name>
            <Value>1677110910</Value>
        </Attribute>
        <Attribute>
            <Name>LastModifiedTimestamp</Name>
            <Value>1677110910</Value>
        </Attribute>
        <Attribute>
            <Name>VisibilityTimeout</Name>
            <Value>40</Value>
        </Attribute>
        <Attribute>
            <Name>MaximumMessageSize</Name>
            <Value>262144</Value>
        </Attribute>
        <Attribute>
            <Name>MessageRetentionPeriod</Name>
            <Value>345600</Value>
        </Attribute>
        <Attribute>
            <Name>DelaySeconds</Name>
            <Value>0</Value>
        </Attribute>
        <Attribute>
            <Name>ReceiveMessageWaitTimeSeconds</Name>
            <Value>0</Value>
        </Attribute>
        <Attribute>
            <Name>SqsManagedSseEnabled</Name>
            <Value>true</Value>
        </Attribute>
    </GetQueueAttributesResult>
    <ResponseMetadata>
        <RequestId>1cffc414-8cb4-54a8-9519-98644ca5f987</RequestId>
    </ResponseMetadata>
</GetQueueAttributesResponse>

Example

The following example query request gets three attribute values for the specified queue. The structure of AUTHPARAMS depends on the signature of the API request. For more information, see Examples of Signed Signature Version 4 Requests in the AWS General Reference.

Using AWS JSON protocol (Default)

Sample Request

POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
X-Amz-Target: AmazonSQS.GetQueueAtrributes
X-Amz-Date: <Date>
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.0
Authorization: <AuthParams>
Content-Length: <PayloadSizeBytes>
Connection: Keep-Alive 
{
    "QueueUrl": "https://sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/177715257436/MyQueue/",
    "AttributeNames": ["VisibilityTimeout", "DelaySeconds", "ReceiveMessageWaitTimeSeconds"]
}

Sample Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
x-amzn-RequestId: <requestId>
Content-Length: <PayloadSizeBytes>
Date: <Date>
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.0
{
    "Attributes": {
       "VisibilityTimeout": "35",
       "DelaySeconds": "45",
        "ReceiveMessageWaitTimeSeconds": "20"
    }
}

Example

Using AWS query protocol

Sample Request

POST /177715257436/MyQueue/ HTTP/1.1
Host: sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
X-Amz-Date: <Date>
Authorization: <AuthParams>
Content-Length: <PayloadSizeBytes>
Connection: Keep-Alive
Action=GetQueueAttributes
&AttributeName.1=VisibilityTimeout
&AttributeName.2=DelaySeconds
&AttributeName.3=ReceiveMessageWaitTimeSeconds

Sample Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<GetQueueAttributesResponse xmlns="http://queue.amazonaws.com/doc/2012-11-05/">
    <GetQueueAttributesResult>
        <Attribute>
            <Name>VisibilityTimeout</Name>
            <Value>35</Value>
        </Attribute>
        <Attribute>
            <Name>DelaySeconds</Name>
            <Value>45</Value>
        </Attribute>
        <Attribute>
            <Name>ReceiveMessageWaitTimeSeconds</Name>
            <Value>20</Value>
        </Attribute>
    </GetQueueAttributesResult>
    <ResponseMetadata>
        <RequestId>60462930-c7fd-5ef8-b6a0-75a20b5e17b8</RequestId>
    </ResponseMetadata>
</GetQueueAttributesResponse>

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: