Test AWS SQS End Point - amazon-sqs

Question

I have an AWS SQS queue, and for some reason my connections to the the end point are being refused.
If I try:
curl -Is https://sqs.[REDACTED].amazonaws.com/[REDACTED]/[REDACTED]| head -1
I get "HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found" error. I suspect that this is the root cause of the issue I am having with being able to access the queue with an external application. However, I have the conditions set really broadly:
How do I know the issue I am experiencing is not a permissions issue? Is there a way for me to test the queue is actually responsive?
If so, is there a way in CURL for me to get any or all data from a message to verify I am receiving content, and then build my application around my response?

Answer 1

You can use the following curl request:
curl -i https://sqs.{region}.amazonaws.com/{account}/{name}/\?Action=ReceiveMessage
If you want to use long-polling:
while true; do
curl -i https://sqs.{region}.amazonaws.com/{account}/{name}/\?Action=ReceiveMessage\&WaitTimeSeconds\=20
done
See the ReceiveMessage SQS API docs for all supported parameters.
Another alternative is to use the AWS CLI instead, which also works with authentication:
aws sqs receive-message --queue-url https://sqs.{region}.amazonaws.com/{account}/{name}