Amazon SQS Connector Guide

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Amazon SQS Event Target Properties

For each connection, you can include one or more event targets that specify options for writing SQS messages when the event target is called from a process.

The following table describes the Amazon SQS event target properties:

Property	Description.
Queue Name	Required. Name of the Amazon SQS queue. If the named queue does not exist, the connection automatically creates the queue. The question mark (?) character is prohibited in this field. It is not supported by Apache Camel and you cannot publish a connection that contains this value.
Query Parameters	Optional. You can specify other parameters that define how to connect to servers, if required by the SQS client. For example, you can use the standard URI query syntax to provide additional information for the client to successfully connect.
Queue Owner AWS Account ID	Optional. The AWS account ID of the account owner that created the queue (if the queue already exists).
Region	Optional. The AWS region for the SQS queue. For example: us-west-1
Content Format	Required. Identifies the format of the content to be processed. Select one of the following values: TEXT . The content is a string and handled like plain text. XML . The content is parsed and converted to an object or a list of process objects. JSON . The content is parsed and converted to an object or a list of process objects.

The following table describes the advanced properties for an event target:

Property	Description
Visibility Timeout	Optional. Duration in seconds for which messages are hidden from subsequent retrieve requests after the messages are retrieved by a ReceiveMessage request.
Policy	Optional. The JSON-based access policy language required by Amazon to be applied to any new queues created by the process.
Maximum Message Size	Optional. The maximum message size in bytes permitted in this queue. Enter a value between 1000 and 256000.
Message Retention Period	Optional. The retention period, in seconds, for messages in this queue. Range: 60 seconds to 14 days.
Delay	Optional. The period, in seconds, for which the action for sending messages must be delayed.
Message Group Id Strategy	Required. Use this option for FIFO queues. The option defines the strategy for setting the messageGroupId attribute for the message. Select one of the following values: useConstant. The CamelSingleMessageGroup string is used as the message group ID. useExchangeId. The value of the custom Camel message header AeMessageGroupId is used as the message group ID. usePropertyValue. The value of the custom Camel message header AeMessageGroupId is used as the message group ID. Default is useConstant .
Message Deduplication Id Strategy	Required. Use this option for FIFO queues. The option defines the deduplication strategy for the message. Select one of the following values: useExchangeId. The messages are deduplicated by the Camel exchangeId. useContentBasedDeduplication. The messages are deduplicated by the message content. No messageDeduplicationId is set. Default is useExchangeId .