ReceiveMessageRequest.QueueUrl

This example shows how to receive a message.

Receive message example

var client = new AmazonSQSClient();

var request = new ReceiveMessageRequest
{
  AttributeNames = new List<string>() { "All" },
  MaxNumberOfMessages = 5,
  QueueUrl = "https://sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/80398EXAMPLE/MyTestQueue",
  VisibilityTimeout = (int)TimeSpan.FromMinutes(10).TotalSeconds,
  WaitTimeSeconds = (int)TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5).TotalSeconds
};

var response = client.ReceiveMessage(request);

if (response.Messages.Count > 0)
{
  foreach (var message in response.Messages)
  {
    Console.WriteLine("For message ID '" + message.MessageId + "':");
    Console.WriteLine("  Body: " + message.Body);
    Console.WriteLine("  Receipt handle: " + message.ReceiptHandle);
    Console.WriteLine("  MD5 of body: " + message.MD5OfBody);
    Console.WriteLine("  MD5 of message attributes: " +
      message.MD5OfMessageAttributes);
    Console.WriteLine("  Attributes:");

    foreach (var attr in message.Attributes)
    {
      Console.WriteLine("    " + attr.Key + ": " + attr.Value);
    }
  }
}
else
{
  Console.WriteLine("No messages received.");
}
      

.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