Chapter 36. AWS Simple Queue Service Component Available as of Camel version 2.6 The sqs component supports sending and receiving messages to Amazon's SQS service. Prerequisites You must have a valid Amazon Web Services developer account, and be signed up to use Amazon SQS. More information are available at Amazon SQS . 36.1. URI Format aws-sqs://queueNameOrArn[?options] The queue will be created if they don't already exists. You can append query options to the URI in the following format, ?options=value&option2=value&... 36.2. URI Options The AWS Simple Queue Service component supports 5 options, which are listed below. Name Description Default Type configuration (advanced) The AWS SQS default configuration SqsConfiguration accessKey (common) Amazon AWS Access Key String secretKey (common) Amazon AWS Secret Key String region (common) Specify the queue region which could be used with queueOwnerAWSAccountId to build the service URL. String resolveProperty Placeholders (advanced) Whether the component should resolve property placeholders on itself when starting. Only properties which are of String type can use property placeholders. true boolean The AWS Simple Queue Service endpoint is configured using URI syntax: with the following path and query parameters: 36.2.1. Path Parameters (1 parameters): Name Description Default Type queueNameOrArn Required Queue name or ARN String 36.2.2. Query Parameters (49 parameters): Name Description Default Type amazonAWSHost (common) The hostname of the Amazon AWS cloud. amazonaws.com String amazonSQSClient (common) To use the AmazonSQS as client AmazonSQS headerFilterStrategy (common) To use a custom HeaderFilterStrategy to map headers to/from Camel. HeaderFilterStrategy queueOwnerAWSAccountId (common) Specify the queue owner aws account id when you need to connect the queue with different account owner. String region (common) Specify the queue region which could be used with queueOwnerAWSAccountId to build the service URL. String useIAMCredentials (common) Set whether the SQS client should expect to load credentials on an EC2 instance or to expect static credentials to be passed in. false boolean attributeNames (consumer) A list of attribute names to receive when consuming. Multiple names can be separated by comma. String bridgeErrorHandler (consumer) Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored. false boolean concurrentConsumers (consumer) Allows you to use multiple threads to poll the sqs queue to increase throughput 1 int defaultVisibilityTimeout (consumer) The default visibility timeout (in seconds) Integer deleteAfterRead (consumer) Delete message from SQS after it has been read true boolean deleteIfFiltered (consumer) Whether or not to send the DeleteMessage to the SQS queue if an exchange fails to get through a filter. If 'false' and exchange does not make it through a Camel filter upstream in the route, then don't send DeleteMessage. true boolean extendMessageVisibility (consumer) If enabled then a scheduled background task will keep extending the message visibility on SQS. This is needed if it takes a long time to process the message. If set to true defaultVisibilityTimeout must be set. See details at Amazon docs. false boolean maxMessagesPerPoll (consumer) Gets the maximum number of messages as a limit to poll at each polling. Is default unlimited, but use 0 or negative number to disable it as unlimited. int messageAttributeNames (consumer) A list of message attribute names to receive when consuming. Multiple names can be separated by comma. String sendEmptyMessageWhenIdle (consumer) If the polling consumer did not poll any files, you can enable this option to send an empty message (no body) instead. false boolean visibilityTimeout (consumer) The duration (in seconds) that the received messages are hidden from subsequent retrieve requests after being retrieved by a ReceiveMessage request to set in the com.amazonaws.services.sqs.model.SetQueueAttributesRequest. This only make sense if its different from defaultVisibilityTimeout. It changes the queue visibility timeout attribute permanently. Integer waitTimeSeconds (consumer) Duration in seconds (0 to 20) that the ReceiveMessage action call will wait until a message is in the queue to include in the response. Integer exceptionHandler (consumer) To let the consumer use a custom ExceptionHandler. Notice if the option bridgeErrorHandler is enabled then this option is not in use. By default the consumer will deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored. ExceptionHandler exchangePattern (consumer) Sets the exchange pattern when the consumer creates an exchange. ExchangePattern pollStrategy (consumer) A pluggable org.apache.camel.PollingConsumerPollingStrategy allowing you to provide your custom implementation to control error handling usually occurred during the poll operation before an Exchange have been created and being routed in Camel. PollingConsumerPoll Strategy delaySeconds (producer) Delay sending messages for a number of seconds. Integer messageDeduplicationId Strategy (producer) Only for FIFO queues. Strategy for setting the messageDeduplicationId on the message. Can be one of the following options: useExchangeId, useContentBasedDeduplication. For the useContentBasedDeduplication option, no messageDeduplicationId will be set on the message. useExchangeId MessageDeduplicationId Strategy messageGroupIdStrategy (producer) Only for FIFO queues. Strategy for setting the messageGroupId on the message. Can be one of the following options: useConstant, useExchangeId, usePropertyValue. For the usePropertyValue option, the value of property CamelAwsMessageGroupId will be used. MessageGroupIdStrategy delayQueue (advanced) Define if you want to apply delaySeconds option to the queue or on single messages false boolean queueUrl (advanced) To define the queueUrl explicitly. All other parameters, which would influence the queueUrl, are ignored. This parameter is intended to be used, to connect to a mock implementation of SQS, for testing purposes. String synchronous (advanced) Sets whether synchronous processing should be strictly used, or Camel is allowed to use asynchronous processing (if supported). false boolean backoffErrorThreshold (scheduler) The number of subsequent error polls (failed due some error) that should happen before the backoffMultipler should kick-in. int backoffIdleThreshold (scheduler) The number of subsequent idle polls that should happen before the backoffMultipler should kick-in. int backoffMultiplier (scheduler) To let the scheduled polling consumer backoff if there has been a number of subsequent idles/errors in a row. The multiplier is then the number of polls that will be skipped before the actual attempt is happening again. When this option is in use then backoffIdleThreshold and/or backoffErrorThreshold must also be configured. int delay (scheduler) Milliseconds before the poll. You can also specify time values using units, such as 60s (60 seconds), 5m30s (5 minutes and 30 seconds), and 1h (1 hour). 500 long greedy (scheduler) If greedy is enabled, then the ScheduledPollConsumer will run immediately again, if the run polled 1 or more messages. false boolean initialDelay (scheduler) Milliseconds before the first poll starts. You can also specify time values using units, such as 60s (60 seconds), 5m30s (5 minutes and 30 seconds), and 1h (1 hour). 1000 long runLoggingLevel (scheduler) The consumer logs a start/complete log line when it polls. This option allows you to configure the logging level for that. TRACE LoggingLevel scheduledExecutorService (scheduler) Allows for configuring a custom/shared thread pool to use for the consumer. By default each consumer has its own single threaded thread pool. ScheduledExecutor Service scheduler (scheduler) To use a cron scheduler from either camel-spring or camel-quartz2 component none ScheduledPollConsumer Scheduler schedulerProperties (scheduler) To configure additional properties when using a custom scheduler or any of the Quartz2, Spring based scheduler. Map startScheduler (scheduler) Whether the scheduler should be auto started. true boolean timeUnit (scheduler) Time unit for initialDelay and delay options. MILLISECONDS TimeUnit useFixedDelay (scheduler) Controls if fixed delay or fixed rate is used. See ScheduledExecutorService in JDK for details. true boolean proxyHost (proxy) To define a proxy host when instantiating the SQS client String proxyPort (proxy) To define a proxy port when instantiating the SQS client Integer maximumMessageSize (queue) The maximumMessageSize (in bytes) an SQS message can contain for this queue. Integer messageRetentionPeriod (queue) The messageRetentionPeriod (in seconds) a message will be retained by SQS for this queue. Integer policy (queue) The policy for this queue String receiveMessageWaitTime Seconds (queue) If you do not specify WaitTimeSeconds in the request, the queue attribute ReceiveMessageWaitTimeSeconds is used to determine how long to wait. Integer redrivePolicy (queue) Specify the policy that send message to DeadLetter queue. See detail at Amazon docs. String accessKey (security) Amazon AWS Access Key String secretKey (security) Amazon AWS Secret Key String 36.3. Spring Boot Auto-Configuration The component supports 31 options, which are listed below. Name Description Default Type camel.component.aws-sqs.access-key Amazon AWS Access Key String camel.component.aws-sqs.configuration.access-key Amazon AWS Access Key String camel.component.aws-sqs.configuration.amazon-a-w-s-host The hostname of the Amazon AWS cloud. amazonaws.com String camel.component.aws-sqs.configuration.amazon-s-q-s-client To use the AmazonSQS as client AmazonSQS camel.component.aws-sqs.configuration.attribute-names A list of attribute names to receive when consuming. Multiple names can be separated by comma. String camel.component.aws-sqs.configuration.concurrent-consumers Allows you to use multiple threads to poll the sqs queue to increase throughput 1 Integer camel.component.aws-sqs.configuration.default-visibility-timeout The default visibility timeout (in seconds) Integer camel.component.aws-sqs.configuration.delay-queue Define if you want to apply delaySeconds option to the queue or on single messages false Boolean camel.component.aws-sqs.configuration.delay-seconds Delay sending messages for a number of seconds. Integer camel.component.aws-sqs.configuration.delete-after-read Delete message from SQS after it has been read true Boolean camel.component.aws-sqs.configuration.delete-if-filtered Whether or not to send the DeleteMessage to the SQS queue if an exchange fails to get through a filter. If 'false' and exchange does not make it through a Camel filter upstream in the route, then don't send DeleteMessage. true Boolean camel.component.aws-sqs.configuration.extend-message-visibility If enabled then a scheduled background task will keep extending the message visibility on SQS. This is needed if it takes a long time to process the message. If set to true defaultVisibilityTimeout must be set. See details at Amazon docs. false Boolean camel.component.aws-sqs.configuration.maximum-message-size The maximumMessageSize (in bytes) an SQS message can contain for this queue. Integer camel.component.aws-sqs.configuration.message-attribute-names A list of message attribute names to receive when consuming. Multiple names can be separated by comma. String camel.component.aws-sqs.configuration.message-retention-period The messageRetentionPeriod (in seconds) a message will be retained by SQS for this queue. Integer camel.component.aws-sqs.configuration.policy The policy for this queue String camel.component.aws-sqs.configuration.proxy-host To define a proxy host when instantiating the SQS client String camel.component.aws-sqs.configuration.proxy-port To define a proxy port when instantiating the SQS client Integer camel.component.aws-sqs.configuration.queue-name Name of queue. The queue will be created if they don't already exists. String camel.component.aws-sqs.configuration.queue-owner-a-w-s-account-id Specify the queue owner aws account id when you need to connect the queue with different account owner. String camel.component.aws-sqs.configuration.queue-url To define the queueUrl explicitly. All other parameters, which would influence the queueUrl, are ignored. This parameter is intended to be used, to connect to a mock implementation of SQS, for testing purposes. String camel.component.aws-sqs.configuration.receive-message-wait-time-seconds If you do not specify WaitTimeSeconds in the request, the queue attribute ReceiveMessageWaitTimeSeconds is used to determine how long to wait. Integer camel.component.aws-sqs.configuration.redrive-policy Specify the policy that send message to DeadLetter queue. See detail at Amazon docs. String camel.component.aws-sqs.configuration.region Specify the queue region which could be used with queueOwnerAWSAccountId to build the service URL. String camel.component.aws-sqs.configuration.secret-key Amazon AWS Secret Key String camel.component.aws-sqs.configuration.visibility-timeout The duration (in seconds) that the received messages are hidden from subsequent retrieve requests after being retrieved by a ReceiveMessage request to set in the com.amazonaws.services.sqs.model.SetQueueAttributesRequest. This only make sense if its different from defaultVisibilityTimeout. It changes the queue visibility timeout attribute permanently. Integer camel.component.aws-sqs.configuration.wait-time-seconds Duration in seconds (0 to 20) that the ReceiveMessage action call will wait until a message is in the queue to include in the response. Integer camel.component.aws-sqs.enabled Enable aws-sqs component true Boolean camel.component.aws-sqs.region Specify the queue region which could be used with queueOwnerAWSAccountId to build the service URL. String camel.component.aws-sqs.resolve-property-placeholders Whether the component should resolve property placeholders on itself when starting. Only properties which are of String type can use property placeholders. true Boolean camel.component.aws-sqs.secret-key Amazon AWS Secret Key String Required SQS component options You have to provide the amazonSQSClient in the Registry or your accessKey and secretKey to access the Amazon's SQS . 36.4. Batch Consumer This component implements the Batch Consumer. This allows you for instance to know how many messages exists in this batch and for instance let the Aggregator aggregate this number of messages. 36.5. Usage 36.5.1. Message headers set by the SQS producer Header Type Description CamelAwsSqsMD5OfBody String The MD5 checksum of the Amazon SQS message. CamelAwsSqsMessageId String The Amazon SQS message ID. CamelAwsSqsDelaySeconds Integer Since Camel 2.11 , the delay seconds that the Amazon SQS message can be see by others. 36.5.2. Message headers set by the SQS consumer Header Type Description CamelAwsSqsMD5OfBody String The MD5 checksum of the Amazon SQS message. CamelAwsSqsMessageId String The Amazon SQS message ID. CamelAwsSqsReceiptHandle String The Amazon SQS message receipt handle. CamelAwsSqsMessageAttributes Map<String, String> The Amazon SQS message attributes. 36.5.3. Advanced AmazonSQS configuration If your Camel Application is running behind a firewall or if you need to have more control over the AmazonSQS instance configuration, you can create your own instance: AWSCredentials awsCredentials = new BasicAWSCredentials("myAccessKey", "mySecretKey"); ClientConfiguration clientConfiguration = new ClientConfiguration(); clientConfiguration.setProxyHost("http://myProxyHost"); clientConfiguration.setProxyPort(8080); AmazonSQS client = new AmazonSQSClient(awsCredentials, clientConfiguration); registry.bind("client", client); and refer to it in your Camel aws-sqs component configuration: from("aws-sqs://MyQueue?amazonSQSClient=#client&delay=5000&maxMessagesPerPoll=5") .to("mock:result"); 36.5.4. Creating or updating an SQS Queue In the SQS Component, when an endpoint is started, a check is executed to obtain information about the existence of the queue or not. You're able to customize the creation through the QueueAttributeName mapping with the SQSConfiguration option. from("aws-sqs://MyQueue?amazonSQSClient=#client&delay=5000&maxMessagesPerPoll=5") .to("mock:result"); In this example if the MyQueue queue is not already created on AWS, it will be created with default parameters from the SQS configuration. If it's already up on AWS, the SQS configuration options will be used to override the existent AWS configuration. 36.5.5. DelayQueue VS Delay for Single message From 2.23.0 the component has a new option: delayQueue. When the option is set to true, the SQS Queue will be a DelayQueue with the DelaySeconds option as delay. For more information about DelayQueue you can read the AWS SQS documentation . One important information to take into account is the following: For standard queues, the per-queue delay setting is not retroactive-changing the setting doesn't affect the delay of messages already in the queue. For FIFO queues, the per-queue delay setting is retroactive-changing the setting affects the delay of messages already in the queue. as stated in the official documentation. If you want to specify a delay on single messages, you can ignore the delayQueue option, while you can set this option to true, if you need to add a fixed delay to all messages enqueued. 36.5.6. Using AWS IAM credentials with the SQS component To use AWS IAM credentials, you must first confirm that the EC2 instance on which you are launching the Camel application has an IAM role associated with it and that the appropriate policies are attached. This feature should only be set to true on remote instances. Additionally, you must also use static credentials locally as IAM is an AWS specific component. To implement this feature set useIAMCredentials to true . Note To toggle this feature on and off based on local and remote environments, you could consider enabling this query parameter with system environment variables. For example, your code could set the useIAMCredentials query parameter to true if a system environment variable named isRemote is set to true . Although this feature does not eliminate the need for static credentials completely, using IAM credentials on AWS environments does remove the need to refresh on remote environments and is more secure as IAM credentials are refreshed automatically every six hours and are also updated when EC2 security policies are updated. This is the AWS recommended way to manage credentials and therefore should be used as often as possible. 36.6. Dependencies Maven users will need to add the following dependency to their pom.xml. pom.xml <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId> <artifactId>camel-aws</artifactId> <version>USD{camel-version}</version> </dependency> where USD{camel-version } must be replaced by the actual version of Camel (2.6 or higher). 36.7. JMS-style Selectors SQS does not allow selectors, but you can effectively achieve this by using the Camel Filter EIP and setting an appropriate visibilityTimeout . When SQS dispatches a message, it will wait up to the visibility timeout before it will try to dispatch the message to a different consumer unless a DeleteMessage is received. By default, Camel will always send the DeleteMessage at the end of the route, unless the route ended in failure. To achieve appropriate filtering and not send the DeleteMessage even on successful completion of the route, use a Filter: from("aws-sqs://MyQueue?amazonSQSClient=#client&defaultVisibilityTimeout=5000&deleteIfFiltered=false") .filter("USD{header.login} == true") .to("mock:result"); In the above code, if an exchange doesn't have an appropriate header, it will not make it through the filter AND also not be deleted from the SQS queue. After 5000 miliseconds, the message will become visible to other consumers. 36.8. Delete Single Message Use deleteMessage operation to delete a single message. You'll need to set a receipt handle header for the message you want to delete. from("direct:start") .setHeader(SqsConstants.SQS_OPERATION, constant("deleteMessage")) .setHeader(SqsConstants.RECEIPT_HANDLE, constant("123456")) .to("aws-sqs://camel-1?accessKey=RAW(xxx)&secretKey=RAW(xxx)&region=EU_WEST_1"); As result you'll get an exchange containing a DeleteMessageResult instance, that you can use to check if the message was deleted or not. 36.9. See Also Configuring Camel Component Endpoint Getting Started AWS Component

Commands:
aws-sqs://queueNameOrArn[?options]
aws-sqs:queueNameOrArn
AWSCredentials awsCredentials = new BasicAWSCredentials("myAccessKey", "mySecretKey"); ClientConfiguration clientConfiguration = new ClientConfiguration(); clientConfiguration.setProxyHost("http://myProxyHost"); clientConfiguration.setProxyPort(8080); AmazonSQS client = new AmazonSQSClient(awsCredentials, clientConfiguration); registry.bind("client", client);
from("aws-sqs://MyQueue?amazonSQSClient=#client&delay=5000&maxMessagesPerPoll=5") .to("mock:result");
from("aws-sqs://MyQueue?amazonSQSClient=#client&delay=5000&maxMessagesPerPoll=5") .to("mock:result");
<dependency> <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId> <artifactId>camel-aws</artifactId> <version>USD{camel-version}</version> </dependency>
from("aws-sqs://MyQueue?amazonSQSClient=#client&defaultVisibilityTimeout=5000&deleteIfFiltered=false") .filter("USD{header.login} == true") .to("mock:result");
from("direct:start") .setHeader(SqsConstants.SQS_OPERATION, constant("deleteMessage")) .setHeader(SqsConstants.RECEIPT_HANDLE, constant("123456")) .to("aws-sqs://camel-1?accessKey=RAW(xxx)&secretKey=RAW(xxx)&region=EU_WEST_1");