# Amazon SQS - New message trigger

The SQS connector supports the following triggers:

# New message

The New message trigger checks your SQS queue at regular polls to retrieve messages. Use the New message (Batch) trigger for high volume queues.

# Input

Input field Description
Queue Enter the queue to pull messages from.
Automatically delete message Select true to automatically delete messages as they are retrieved.
Visibility timeout Enter the duration (in seconds) of the visibility timeout. This hides messages retrieved by a ReceiveMessage request from subsequent retrieve requests for a specified amount of time. Maximum value is 12 hours. Refer to Visibility timeout for more information.

# Output

Output field Description
Request ID The unique ID of the request.
MD5 of message attributes The MD5 hash of the message attribute.
MD5 of message body The MD5 hash of the message body.
MD5 of message system attributes The MD5 hash of the message system attribute.
Message ID The unique ID of the message.
Message body The message's contents.
Sequence number The large, non-consecutive number that Amazon SQS assigns to each message. This parameter applies only to FIFO (first-in-first-out) queues.

# New message (Batch)

The New message (Batch) trigger regularly polls your specified SQS queue to retrieve messages. Workato recommends the batch trigger for high volume queues.

# Input

Input field Description
Queue Enter the queue to pull messages from.
Automatically delete message Select true to automatically delete messages as they are retrieved.
Visibility timeout Enter the duration (in seconds) of the visibility timeout. This hides messages retrieved by a ReceiveMessage request from subsequent retrieve requests for a specified amount of time. Maximum value is 12 hours. Refer to Visibility timeout for more information.
Batch size (Only for batch trigger) Enter the maximum number of messages for each trigger event. The minimum is 10, maximum is 2000, default is 2000. The input must be a multiple of 10.

# Output

The output to this trigger is a list of messages.

Output field Description
Request ID The unique id of the request.
MD5 of message attributes The MD5 hash of the message attribute.
MD5 of message body The MD5 hash of the message body.
MD5 of message system attributes The MD5 hash of the message system attribute.
Message ID The unique ID of the message.
Message body The message's contents.
Sequence number This parameter applies only to FIFO (first-in-first-out) queues. The large, non-consecutive number that Amazon SQS assigns to each message.


Last updated: 4/30/2025, 6:16:17 PM