WARNING:boto:Unable to decode message

[cancan101]

I keep getting this warning:

WARNING:boto:Unable to decode message

when using SQS.

My message body is the string: {"uuid":"61db605b-b689-44ca-9cda-aef245e10b71"}.

I believe the warning is coming from:

boto/boto/sqs/jsonmessage.py

Line 35 in 5e5dc4c

value = base64.b64decode(value.encode('utf-8')).decode('utf-8')

or more likely this:

boto/boto/sqs/message.py

Line 172 in 5e5dc4c

boto.log.warning('Unable to decode message')

[cancan101]

I solved this warning by calling q.set_message_class(boto.sqs.message.RawMessage).

That being said, I would suggest improving the warning message to be more clear about the b64 decoding issue.

[pconerly]

Good info, it helped my debugging. thanks @cancan101 And yeah, +1 for a more helpful message.

[mojogitoverhere]

Thanks @cancan101, fixed my issue. +1 still get the same unhelpful error message.

[padudzinski]

+1 fixed it for me.

[pkoch]

Same thing here. Maybe consider a custom message for this particular case?