Amazon SQS Sample

This is a sample that demonstrates how to make basic requests to Amazon SQS using the AWS SDK for Java.

Prerequisites

Running the Sample

The basic steps for running the Amazon SQS sample are:

  1. Open the AwsCredentials.properties in the sample folder.
  2. Locate the following section and fill in your Access Key ID and Secret Access Key:

    # Fill in your AWS Access Key ID and Secret Access Key
    # http://aws.amazon.com/security-credentials
    accessKey =
    secretKey =

  3. Save the file.
  4. Run the SimpleQueueServiceSample.java file, located in the same directory as the properties file. The sample prints information to the standard output.

NOTE: The sample also includes an Ant build.xml file to run the sample.

See the Amazon SQS Getting Started Guide for step-by-step instructions on running this sample.