How to get all messages in Amazon SQS queue using boto library in Python?

Question

I\'m working on an application whose workflow is managed by passing messages in SQS, using boto.

My SQS queue is growing gradually, and I have no way to check how many e

Answer 1

I execute this in a cronjob

from django.core.mail import EmailMessage
from django.conf import settings
import boto3
import json

sqs = boto3.resource('sqs', aws_access_key_id=settings.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
         aws_secret_access_key=settings.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
         region_name=settings.AWS_REGION)

queue = sqs.get_queue_by_name(QueueName='email')
messages = queue.receive_messages(MaxNumberOfMessages=10, WaitTimeSeconds=1)

while len(messages) > 0:
    for message in messages:
        mail_body = json.loads(message.body)
        print("E-mail sent to: %s" % mail_body['to'])
        email = EmailMessage(mail_body['subject'], mail_body['message'], to=[mail_body['to']])
        email.send()
        message.delete()

    messages = queue.receive_messages(MaxNumberOfMessages=10, WaitTimeSeconds=1)