ChangeMessageVisibilityRequest.VisibilityTimeout

This example shows how to change message visibility.

Change message visibility example

var client = new AmazonSQSClient();

var url = "https://sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/80398EXAMPLE/MyTestQueue";

// Receive messages.
var rcvRequest = new ReceiveMessageRequest
{
  AttributeNames = new List<string>() { "All" },
  QueueUrl = url
};

var rcvResponse = client.ReceiveMessage(rcvRequest);

// Change visibility timeout for each message.
if (rcvResponse.Messages.Count > 0)
{
  foreach (var message in rcvResponse.Messages)
  {
    var visRequest = new ChangeMessageVisibilityRequest
    {
      QueueUrl = url,
      ReceiptHandle = message.ReceiptHandle,
      VisibilityTimeout = (int)TimeSpan.FromMinutes(10).TotalSeconds
    };

    client.ChangeMessageVisibility(visRequest);
  }
}
else
{
  Console.WriteLine("No messages to change visibility for.");
}
      

.NET Framework:
Supported in: 4.5, 4.0, 3.5

.NET for Windows Store apps:
Supported in: Windows 8.1, Windows 8

.NET for Windows Phone:
Supported in: Windows Phone 8.1, Windows Phone 8