AWS SQS long polling

Create a queue:

aws sqs create-queue --queue-name "MyQueue" --region $region

Create variables file:

touch .env

Add values to your .env:

REGION="us-east-2"
SQS_QUEUE_URL="https://sqs.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/000000000000/MyQueue"
SQS_WAIT_TIME="20"
SQS_MAX_NUMBER_OF_MESSAGES="1"

Get the dependencies and start the listener:

npm i
npm run dev

Send messages to the queue adding the queue URL:

aws sqs send-message \
  --queue-url $queue \
  --message-body "Hello"

Messages will be consumed via long polling.

When done, delete the queue: aws sqs delete-queue --queue-url $queue