Receive Message

Receive messages from an SQS queue

Use it in a workflow

Add a step and choose the AWS SQS connector.
Pick the Receive Message action (under sqs).
Fill in the fields below, then reference the result from later steps as {{receiveMessage.response.data}}.

queueUrlstringrequired

The URL of the SQS queue

maxNumberOfMessagesnumber

Maximum number of messages to receive (1-10)

Default 1

waitTimeSecondsnumber

Long polling wait time in seconds (0-20)

Default 0

visibilityTimeoutnumber

The visibility timeout in seconds

attributeNamesstring

JSON array of attribute names to retrieve (e.g., ["All", "ApproximateReceiveCount"])

messageAttributeNamesstring

JSON array of message attribute names to retrieve (e.g., ["All", "CustomAttribute"])

Need more? See the AWS SQS guide for connection setup and behaviour shared by every action.

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