Amazon Simple Queue Service Documentation

Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) is a reliable, highly-scalable hosted queue for storing messages as they travel between applications or microservices. Amazon SQS moves data between distributed application components and helps you decouple these components.

Developer Guide
Provides a conceptual overview of Amazon SQS and includes detailed development instructions for using the various features.
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API Reference
Describes all the API operations for Amazon SQS in detail. Also provides sample requests, responses, and errors for the supported web services protocols.
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Getting Started Guide
Introduces you to Amazon SQS, helps you set up an account, and walks you through a simple example to use Amazon SQS for the first time. Also provides tips and links to advanced product features and resources.
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SQS section of AWS CLI Reference
Describes the AWS CLI commands that you can use to automate queues.
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