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deleteMessage
SQSClient.deleteMessage(queueUrl, receiptHandle) deletes a message from the specified Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) queue.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| queueUrl | string | The URL of the Amazon SQS queue from which messages are deleted. Queue URLs and names are case-sensitive. |
| receiptHandle | string | The receipt handle associated with the message to delete. The receipt handle is returned when you receive a message using receiveMessages. |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Promise | A Promise that fulfills when the message is successfully deleted. |
Example
JavaScript
JavaScript
import exec from 'k6/execution';
import {
AWSConfig,
SQSClient,
} from 'https://jslib.k6.io/aws/0.14.0/sqs.js';
const awsConfig = new AWSConfig({
region: __ENV.AWS_REGION,
accessKeyId: __ENV.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
secretAccessKey: __ENV.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
sessionToken: __ENV.AWS_SESSION_TOKEN,
});
const sqs = new SQSClient(awsConfig);
const testQueue = 'https://sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/000000000/test-queue';
export default async function () {
// If our test queue does not exist, abort the execution.
const queuesResponse = await sqs.listQueues();
if (queuesResponse.urls.filter((q) => q === testQueue).length == 0) {
exec.test.abort();
}
// Send a message to the queue
await sqs.sendMessage(testQueue, JSON.stringify({ value: '123' }));
// Receive messages from the queue
const messages = await sqs.receiveMessages(testQueue);
// Delete each received message
for (const message of messages) {
console.log('Deleting message:', message.messageId);
await sqs.deleteMessage(testQueue, message.receiptHandle);
}
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