class AWS::SQS::Queue

Represents an Amazon SQS Queue.

@example Sending a message

msg = queue.send_message("HELLO")
puts "Sent message: #{msg.id}"

@example Polling for messages indefinitely

queue.poll do |msg|
  puts "Got message: #{msg.body}"
end

Constants

DEFAULT_POLL_INTERVAL

The default number of seconds to wait between polling requests for new messages.

Attributes

url[R]

@return [String] The queue URL.

Public Class Methods

new(url, opts = {}) click to toggle source

@private

# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 40
def initialize(url, opts = {})
  @url = url
  super
end

Public Instance Methods

==(other) click to toggle source

@return [Boolean] Returns true if the other queue has the same

url.
# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 620
def ==(other)
  other.kind_of?(Queue) and other.url == url
end
Also aliased as: eql?
approximate_number_of_messages() click to toggle source

@return [Integer] The approximate number of visible messages

in a queue.  For more information, see {Resources Required
to Process
Messages}[http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/SQSDeveloperGuide/IntroductionArticle.html#ApproximateNumber]
in the Amazon SQS Developer Guide.
# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 278
def approximate_number_of_messages
  get_attribute("ApproximateNumberOfMessages").to_i
end
Also aliased as: visible_messages
approximate_number_of_messages_delayed() click to toggle source

@return [Integer] Returns an approximate count of messages delayed.

# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 374
def approximate_number_of_messages_delayed
  get_attribute("ApproximateNumberOfMessagesDelayed").to_i
end
approximate_number_of_messages_not_visible() click to toggle source

@return [Integer] The approximate number of messages that

are not timed-out and not deleted.  For more information,
see {Resources Required to Process
Messages}[http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/SQSDeveloperGuide/IntroductionArticle.html#ApproximateNumber]
in the Amazon SQS Developer Guide.
# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 288
def approximate_number_of_messages_not_visible
  get_attribute("ApproximateNumberOfMessagesNotVisible").to_i
end
Also aliased as: invisible_messages
arn() click to toggle source

@return [String] The queue’s Amazon resource name (ARN).

# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 379
def arn
  @arn ||= get_attribute("QueueArn")
end
batch_change_visibility(*args) click to toggle source

@overload batch_change_message_visibility(#visibility_timeout, *messages)

Accepts a single +:visibility_timeout+ value and a list of 
messages ({ReceivedMessage} objects or receipt handle strings).  
This form of the method is useful when you want to set the same
timeout value for each message.

  queue.bacth_change_message_visibility(10, messages)

@param [Integer] visibility_timeout The new value for the message's 
  visibility timeout (in seconds).

@param [ReceivedMessage,String] message A list of up to 10 messages
  to change the visibility timeout for.

@raise [BatchChangeVisibilityError] Raises this error when one
  or more of the messages failed the visibility update.

@return [nil]

@overload batch_change_message_visibility(*messages_with_timeouts)

Accepts a list of hashes.  Each hash should provide the visibility
timeout and message (a {ReceivedMessage} object or the recipt handle
string).  

Use this form when each message needs a different visiblity timeout.

  messages = []
  messages << { :message => 'handle1', :visibility_timeout => 5 }
  messages << { :message => 'handle2', :visibility_timeout => 10 }

  queue.bacth_change_message_visibility(*messages)

@param [Hash] message A list hashes, each with a +:visibility_timeout+
  and a +:message+.  

@raise [BatchChangeVisibilityError] Raises this error when one
  or more of the messages failed the visibility update.

@return [nil]
# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 585
def batch_change_visibility *args
  
  args = args.flatten
  
  if args.first.is_a?(Integer)
    timeout = args.shift
    messages = args.collect{|m| [m, timeout] }
  else
    messages = args.collect{|m| [m[:message], m[:visibility_timeout]] }
  end

  entries = []
  messages.each do |msg,timeout|
    handle = msg.is_a?(ReceivedMessage) ? msg.handle : msg
    entries << {
      :id => entries.size.to_s, 
      :receipt_handle => handle,
      :visibility_timeout => timeout,
    }
  end

  response = client.change_message_visibility_batch(
    :queue_url => url, :entries => entries)

  failures = batch_failures(entries, response)

  raise Errors::BatchChangeVisibilityError.new(failures) unless 
    failures.empty?

  nil

end
batch_delete(*messages) click to toggle source

@param [ReceivedMessage,String] message A list of up to 10 messages

to delete.  Each message should be a {ReceivedMessage} object 
or a received message handle (string).

@raise [Errors::BatchDeleteSend] Raised when one or more of the

messages failed to delete.  The raised error has a list
of the failures.

@return [nil]

# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 524
def batch_delete *messages

  entries = []
  messages.flatten.each_with_index do |msg,n|
    handle = msg.is_a?(ReceivedMessage) ? msg.handle : msg
    entries << { :id => n.to_s, :receipt_handle => handle }
  end

  response = client.delete_message_batch(
    :queue_url => url, :entries => entries)

  failures = batch_failures(entries, response)

  raise Errors::BatchDeleteError.new(failures) unless failures.empty?

  nil

end
batch_send(*messages) click to toggle source

Sends a batch of up to 10 messages in a single request.

queue.send_messages('message-1', 'message-2')

You can also set an optional delay for all of the messages:

# delay all messages 1 hour
queue.batch_send_message(msg1, msg2, :delay_seconds => 3600)

If you need to set a custom delay for each message you can pass hashes:

messages = []
messages << { :message_body => 'msg1', :delay_seconds => 60 }
messages << { :message_body => 'msg2', :delay_seconds => 30 }

queue.batch_send_message(messages)

@param [String,Hash] messages A list of messages. Each message

should be a string, or a hash with a +:message_body+,
and optionally +:delay_seconds+.

@raise [Errors::BatchSendError] Raises this error when one or more

of the messages failed to send, but others did.  On the raised
object you can access a list of the messages that failed, and
a list of messages that succeeded.

@return [Array<SentMessage>] Returns an array of sent message objects.

Each object responds to #message_id and #md5_of_message_body.
The message id is generated by Amazon SQS.
# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 479
def batch_send *messages

  entries = messages.flatten

  unless entries.first.is_a?(Hash)
    options = entries.last.is_a?(Hash) ? entries.pop : {}
    entries = entries.collect{|msg| { :message_body => msg } }
    if delay = options[:delay_seconds]
      entries.each {|entry| entry[:delay_seconds] = delay }
    end
  end

  entries.each_with_index {|entry,n| entry[:id] = n.to_s }

  client_opts = {}
  client_opts[:queue_url] = url
  client_opts[:entries] = entries

  response = client.send_message_batch(client_opts)

  failed = batch_failures(entries, response)

  sent = response.successful.collect do |sent|
    msg = SentMessage.new
    msg.message_id = sent.message_id
    msg.md5 = sent.md5_of_message_body
    msg
  end

  raise Errors::BatchSendError.new(sent, failed) unless failed.empty?

  sent
  
end
created_timestamp() click to toggle source

@return [Time] The time when the queue was created.

# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 317
def created_timestamp
  Time.at(get_attribute("CreatedTimestamp").to_i)
end
delay_seconds() click to toggle source

@return [Integer] Gets the current default delay for messages sent

to the queue.
# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 363
def delay_seconds
  get_attribute("DelaySeconds").to_i
end
delay_seconds=(seconds) click to toggle source

Sets the default delay for messages sent to the queue. @param [Integer] seconds How many seconds a message will be delayed.

# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 369
def delay_seconds= seconds
  set_attribute("DelaySeconds", seconds.to_s)
end
delete() click to toggle source

Deletes the queue, regardless of whether it is empty.

When you delete a queue, the deletion process takes up to 60 seconds. Requests you send involving that queue during the 60 seconds might succeed. For example, calling {send_message} might succeed, but after the 60 seconds, the queue and that message you sent no longer exist.

Also, when you delete a queue, you must wait at least 60 seconds before creating a queue with the same name. @return [nil]

# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 56
def delete
  client.delete_queue(:queue_url => url)
  nil
end
eql?(other) click to toggle source
Alias for: ==
exists?() click to toggle source

@return [Boolean] True if the queue exists.

@note This may raise an exception if you don’t have

permission to access the queue attributes.  Also, it may
return true for up to 60 seconds after a queue has been
deleted.
# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 389
def exists?
  client.get_queue_attributes(:queue_url => url,
                              :attribute_names => ["QueueArn"])
rescue Errors::NonExistentQueue, Errors::InvalidAddress
  false
else
  true
end
inspect() click to toggle source

@private

# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 626
def inspect
  "<#{self.class}:#{url}>"
end
invisible_messages() click to toggle source
last_modified_timestamp() click to toggle source

@return [Time] The time when the queue was last changed.

# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 322
def last_modified_timestamp
  Time.at(get_attribute("LastModifiedTimestamp").to_i)
end
maximum_message_size() click to toggle source

@return [Integer] The limit of how many bytes a message can

contain before Amazon SQS rejects it.
# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 328
def maximum_message_size
  get_attribute("MaximumMessageSize").to_i
end
maximum_message_size=(size) click to toggle source

Sets the maximum message size for the queue.

@param [Integer] size The limit of how many bytes a message

can contain before Amazon SQS rejects it.  This must be an
integer from 1024 bytes (1KB) up to 65536 bytes
(64KB). The default for this attribute is 8192 (8KB).

@return Retuns the passed size argument.

# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 339
def maximum_message_size=(size)
  set_attribute("MaximumMessageSize", size.to_s)
end
message_retention_period() click to toggle source

@return [Integer] The number of seconds Amazon SQS retains a

message.
# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 345
def message_retention_period
  get_attribute("MessageRetentionPeriod").to_i
end
message_retention_period=(period) click to toggle source

Sets the message retention period for the queue

@param [Integer] period The number of seconds Amazon SQS

retains a message.  Must be an integer from 3600 (1 hour)
to 1209600 (14 days). The default for this attribute is
345600 (4 days).

@return Returns the passed period argument.

# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 356
def message_retention_period=(period)
  set_attribute("MessageRetentionPeriod", period.to_s)
  period
end
policy() click to toggle source

@return [Policy] Returns the current queue policy if there is one.

Returns +nil+ otherwise.
# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 416
def policy
  if policy_json = get_attribute('Policy')
    policy = SQS::Policy.from_json(policy_json)
    policy.extend(PolicyProxy)
    policy.queue = self
    policy
  else
    nil
  end
end
policy=(policy) click to toggle source

Set the policy on this queue.

If you pass nil or an empty string then it will have the same effect as deleting the policy.

@param policy The policy to set. This policy can be a {Policy} object,

a json policy string, or any other object that responds with a policy
string when it received #to_json.

@return [nil]

# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 438
def policy= policy
  policy_string = case policy
  when nil, '' then ''
  when String  then policy
  else policy.to_json
  end
  set_attribute('Policy', policy_string)
  nil
end
poll(opts = {}) { |message| ... } click to toggle source

Polls continually for messages. For example, you can use this to poll indefinitely:

queue.poll { |msg| puts msg.body }

Or, to poll indefinitely for the first message and then continue polling until no message is received for a period of at least ten seconds:

queue.poll(:initial_timeout => false,
           :idle_timeout => 10) { |msg| puts msg.body }

As with the block form of {receive_message}, this method automatically deletes the message then the block exits normally.

@yieldparam [ReceivedMessage] message Each message that was received.

@param [Hash] opts Options for polling.

@option opts [Float, Integer] :poll_interval The number of

seconds to wait before retrying when no messages are
received.  The default is 1 second.

@option opts [Integer] :idle_timeout The maximum number of

seconds to spend polling while no messages are being
returned.  By default this method polls indefinitely
whether messages are received or not.

@option opts [Integer] :initial_timeout The maximum number

of seconds to spend polling before the first message is
received.  This option defaults to the value of
+:idle_timeout+.  You can specify +false+ to poll
indefinitely for the first message when +:idle_timeout+ is
set.

@option opts [Integer] :batch_size The maximum number of

messages to retrieve in a single request.  By default
messages are received one at a time.  Valid values:
integers from 1 to 10.

@option opts [Integer] :visibilitiy_timeout The duration (in

seconds) that the received messages are hidden from
subsequent retrieve requests.  Valid values: integer from
0 to 43200 (maximum 12 hours)

@option opts [Array<Symbol, String>] :attributes The

attributes to populate in each received message.  Valid values:

* +:all+ (to populate all attributes)
* +:sender_id+
* +:sent_at+
* +:receive_count+
* +:first_received_at+

See {ReceivedMessage} for documentation on each
attribute's meaning.

@return [nil]

# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 251
def poll(opts = {}, &block)
  poll_interval = opts[:poll_interval] || DEFAULT_POLL_INTERVAL
  opts[:limit] = opts.delete(:batch_size) if
    opts.key?(:batch_size)

  last_message_at = Time.now
  got_first = false
  loop do
    got_msg = false
    receive_messages(opts) do |message|
      got_msg = got_first = true
      last_message_at = Time.now
      yield(message)
    end
    unless got_msg
      Kernel.sleep(poll_interval) unless poll_interval == 0
      return if hit_timeout?(got_first, last_message_at, opts)
    end
  end
  nil
end
receive_message(opts = {}, &block) click to toggle source

Retrieves one or more messages. When a block is given, each message is yielded to the block and then deleted as long as the block exits normally. When no block is given, you must delete the message yourself using {AWS::SQS::ReceivedMessage#delete}.

@note Due to the distributed nature of the queue, a weighted

random set of machines is sampled on a ReceiveMessage
call. That means only the messages on the sampled machines
are returned. If the number of messages in the queue is
small (less than 1000), it is likely you will get fewer
messages than you requested per call to
{#receive_message}. If the number of messages in the queue
is extremely small, you might not receive any messages.
To poll continually for messages, use the {#poll} method,
which automatically retries the request after a
configurable delay.

@param [Hash] opts Options for receiving messages.

@option opts [Integer] :limit The maximum number of messages

to receive.  By default this is 1, and the return value is
a single message object.  If this options is specified and
is not 1, the return value is an array of message objects;
however, the array may contain fewer objects than you
requested.  Valid values: integers from 1 to 10.

Not necessarily all the messages in the queue are returned
(for more information, see the preceding note about
machine sampling).

@option opts [Integer] :visibilitiy_timeout The duration (in

seconds) that the received messages are hidden from
subsequent retrieve requests.  Valid values: integer from
0 to 43200 (maximum 12 hours)

@option opts [Array<Symbol, String>] :attributes The

attributes to populate in each received message.  Valid values:

* +:all+ (to populate all attributes)
* +:sender_id+
* +:sent_at+
* +:receive_count+
* +:first_received_at+

See {ReceivedMessage} for documentation on each
attribute's meaning.

@yieldparam [ReceivedMessage] message Each message that was received.

@return [ReceivedMessage] Returns the received message (or messages)

only if a block is not given to this method.
# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 172
def receive_message(opts = {}, &block)
  resp = client.receive_message(receive_opts(opts))

  messages = resp.messages.map do |m|
    ReceivedMessage.new(self, m.message_id, m.receipt_handle,
                        :body => m.body,
                        :md5 => m.md5_of_body,
                        :attributes => m.attributes)
  end

  if block
    call_message_block(messages, block)
  elsif opts[:limit] && opts[:limit] != 1
    messages
  else
    messages.first
  end
end
Also aliased as: receive_messages
receive_messages(opts = {}, &block) click to toggle source
Alias for: receive_message
send_message(body, options = {}) click to toggle source

Delivers a message to this queue.

@param [String] body The message to send. The maximum

allowed message size is 64 KB.  The message may only
contain Unicode characters from the following list,
according to the W3C XML specification (for more
information, go to
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#charsets).  If you send any
characters not included in the list, your request will be
rejected.

* #x9
* #xA
* #xD
* #x20 to #xD7FF
* #xE000 to #xFFFD
* #x10000 to #x10FFFF

@param [Hash] options

@option options [Integer] :#delay_seconds The number of seconds to

delay the message. The message will become available for
processing after the delay time has passed.
If you don't specify a value, the default value for the 
queue applies.  Should be from 0 to 900 (15 mins).

@return [SentMessage] An object containing information about

the message that was sent.
# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 105
def send_message body, options = {}

  client_opts = options.dup
  client_opts[:queue_url] = url
  client_opts[:message_body] = body

  response = client.send_message(client_opts)

  msg = SentMessage.new
  msg.message_id = response.message_id
  msg.md5 = response.md5_of_message_body
  msg

end
visibility_timeout() click to toggle source

@return [Integer] Returns the visibility timeout for the

queue. For more information about visibility timeout, see
{Visibility
Timeout}[http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/SQSDeveloperGuide/IntroductionArticle.html#AboutVT]
in the Amazon SQS Developer Guide.
# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 298
def visibility_timeout
  get_attribute("VisibilityTimeout").to_i
end
visibility_timeout=(timeout) click to toggle source

Sets the visibility timeout for the queue.

@param [Integer] timeout The length of time (in seconds)

that a message received from a queue will be invisible to
other receiving components when they ask to receive
messages.  Valid values: integers from 0 to 43200 (12
hours).

@return Returns the value passed as a timeout.

# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 311
def visibility_timeout=(timeout)
  set_attribute("VisibilityTimeout", timeout.to_s)
  timeout
end
visible_messages() click to toggle source

Protected Instance Methods

batch_failures(entries, response) click to toggle source
# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 631
def batch_failures entries, response
  response.failed.inject([]) do |failures, failure|

    entry = entries.find{|e| e[:id] == failure.id }

    details = {
      :error_code => failure.code,
      :error_message => failure.message,
      :sender_fault => failure.sender_fault?,
    }

    if handle = entry[:receipt_handle]
      details[:receipt_handle] = handle
    end

    failures << details

  end
end
call_message_block(messages, block) click to toggle source

@private

# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 689
def call_message_block(messages, block)
  result = nil
  messages.each do |message|
    begin
      result = block.call(message)
    rescue Exception => e
      raise
    else
      message.delete
    end
  end
  result
end
get_attribute(name) click to toggle source

@private

# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 705
def get_attribute(name)
  resp = client.get_queue_attributes(:queue_url => url,
                                     :attribute_names =>
                                     [name, "QueueArn"].uniq)
  @arn ||= resp.attributes["QueueArn"]
  resp.attributes[name]
end
hit_timeout?(got_first, last_message_at, opts) click to toggle source

@private

# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 653
def hit_timeout?(got_first, last_message_at, opts)
  initial_timeout = opts[:initial_timeout]
  idle_timeout = opts[:idle_timeout]

  timeout = (got_first ||
             # if initial_timeout is false (as opposed
             # to nil) then we skip the branch and poll
             # indefinitely until the first message
             # comes
             (!initial_timeout && initial_timeout != false) ?
             idle_timeout :
             initial_timeout) and
    Time.now - last_message_at > timeout
end
receive_opts(opts) click to toggle source

@private

# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 670
def receive_opts(opts)
  receive_opts = { :queue_url => url }
  receive_opts[:visibility_timeout] = opts[:visibility_timeout] if
    opts[:visibility_timeout]
  receive_opts[:max_number_of_messages] = opts[:limit] if
    opts[:limit]
  if names = opts[:attributes]
    receive_opts[:attribute_names] = names.map do |name|
      name = ReceivedMessage::ATTRIBUTE_ALIASES[name.to_sym] if
        ReceivedMessage::ATTRIBUTE_ALIASES.key?(name.to_sym)
      name = Core::Inflection.class_name(name.to_s) if name.kind_of?(Symbol)
      name
    end
  end
  receive_opts
end
set_attribute(name, value) click to toggle source

@private

# File lib/aws/sqs/queue.rb, line 715
def set_attribute(name, value)
  client.set_queue_attributes(:queue_url => url,
                              :attribute => {
                                :name => name,
                                :value => value
                              })
end