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

Something like the code below should do the trick. Sorry it's in C#, but it shouldn't be hard to convert to python. The dictionary is used to weed out the duplicates.

    public Dictionary GetAllMessages(int pollSeconds)
    {
        var msgs = new Dictionary();
        var end = DateTime.Now.AddSeconds(pollSeconds);

        while (DateTime.Now <= end)
        {
            var request = new ReceiveMessageRequest(Url);
            request.MaxNumberOfMessages = 10;

            var response = GetClient().ReceiveMessage(request);

            foreach (var msg in response.Messages)
            {
                if (!msgs.ContainsKey(msg.MessageId))
                {
                    msgs.Add(msg.MessageId, msg);
                }
            }
        }

        return msgs;
    }