# Amazon SQS - Send message Action
The Send Message action allows you to send a single message to a chosen SQS queue.
# Input
Input field | Description |
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Queue | Select the queue to send messages to. |
Message body | Enter the message to send. The maximum string size is 256 KB. This is normally unstructured data. |
Message attribute | Enter a list of message attributes sent in the message. Use this field for structured data. |
Message system attribute | Select the message system attribute. The only supported message system attribute is AWSTraceHeader. Select the type String . The string value must be a correctly formatted AWS X-Ray trace header string. The size of a message system attribute doesn't count towards the total size of a message. |
# Output
Output field | Description |
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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. |
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: 5/21/2025, 5:22:32 AM