GET
/{AccountNumber}/{QueueName}/#Action=PurgeQueue
http://sqs.{region}.amazonaws.com/{AccountNumber}/{QueueName}/#Action=PurgeQueue<p>Deletes the messages in a queue specified by the <code>QueueURL</code> parameter.</p> <important> <p>When you use the <code>PurgeQueue</code> action, you can't retrieve any messages deleted from a queue.</p> <p>The message deletion process takes up to 60 seconds. We recommend waiting for 60 seconds regardless of your queue's size. </p> </important> <p>Messages sent to the queue <i>before</i> you call <code>PurgeQueue</code> might be received but are deleted within the next minute.</p> <p>Messages sent to the queue <i>after</i> you call <code>PurgeQueue</code> might be deleted while the queue is being purged.</p>
Access Token Required: API Key
Path Parameters
AccountNumberintegerrequired
The AWS account number
QueueNamestringrequired
The name of the queue
Query Params
Actionstringrequired
Allowed:
Versionstringrequired
Allowed:
Responses
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"id": "abc123",
"created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
"message": "Invalid request parameters"
}
}Language
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API Key
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cURL Request
1curl --request GET \2 --url 'http://sqs.{region}.amazonaws.com/{AccountNumber}/{QueueName}/#Action=PurgeQueue' \3 --header 'accept: application/json' \4 --header 'content-type: application/json'Response
1{2 "success": true,3 "data": {4 "id": "abc123",5 "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"6 }7}