Short and to the Point: Test SQS from AWS CLI
1. Enter credentials
aws configure --profile test-profile
AWS Access Key ID [None]: ********
AWS Secret Access Key [None]: ********
Default region name [None]:
Default output format [None]:
2. Receive Messages
aws sqs receive-message --queue-url https://.... --profile test-profile --region eu-west-2
should display something like (unless the queue is empty):
{
"Messages": [
{
"MessageId": "...",
"ReceiptHandle": "...",
"MD5OfBody": "...",
"Body": "..."
}
]
}
P.S. Got to love AWS CLI and Azure CLI. Powershell alternatives sort of suck, even being architecturally more superior.
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