INTRODUCTION

AWS simple queue services defines a Queue Interface for Amazon SQS

This is forked from https://git.drupalcode.org/project/aws_sqs/-/tree/e534becbce062ca741c34806393eb6805895619f/

REQUIREMENTS

Set up your Amazon account and sign up for SQS.

    Instructions here:
    http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/SQSGettingStartedGuide/GettingSetUp.html

    - Create an Amazon account.
    - Creating a group, user, and granting that user access to SQS.
    - Get set up to submit requests to AWS SQS with PHP.
    
    You may also be interested in documentation on AWS SDK for PHP:
    http://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-sdk-php-2/guide/latest/index.html

INSTALLATION

Install module as usual. https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/extending-drupal-8/installing-drupal-8-modules

CONFIGURATION

Enter your AWS credentials.

    - Go here: /admin/config/system/aws-queue
    - Enter your creds

EXAMPLE CODE

$example_queue = Drupal::service("queue.awssqs")->get("example_queue");

// Get some data
$item = array('test', '1', '2', '3');

// Add the data to the queue
$example_queue->createItem($item);

// Fetch the item from the queue
$item = $example_queue->claimItem();

REPLACE AWS SQS AS DEFAULT QUEUE FOR DRUPAL

The following values can be set in your settings.php file's $settings array to define which services are used for queues

• queue_reliable_service_$name: The container service to use for the reliable queue $name.

• queue_service_$name: The container service to use for the queue $name.

• queue_default: The container service to use by default for queues without overrides. This defaults to 'queue.database'.

  Example :- Add following code in settings.php. $settings['queue_default'] = 'wmqueue_sqs.queue_factory'