Amazon::SQS::Simple - OO API for accessing the Amazon Simple Queue Service

    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
    $q->SendMessage('Hello world!');

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

    # Delete the message
    $q->DeleteMessage($msg->ReceiptHandle());

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

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

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.

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');

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.

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.

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.

Bill Alford wrote the code to support basic functionality of older API versions in release 0.9.

Copyright 2007-2008 Simon Whitaker <swhitaker@cpan.org>

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