sqscmd

Helper for using SQS simply in bash scripting. Makes assumptions, like expecting your AWS credentials to be in ~/.s3cfg.

sudo npm install -g https://github.com/mapbox/sqscmd/tarball/master

Usage:
  sqscmd <queue> get
  sqscmd <queue> put <data>
  sqscmd <queue> del <handle>

Example:
  sqscmd 185391239583/testing put "Hello world"

Actual usage example:

#!/bin/bash
SQS="185391239583/testing"

# Queue a URL to process.
sqscmd $SQS put "http://example.com/to/download.tar.gz"

# Retrieve queued message and store handle/body.
RAW=$(sqscmd $SQS get)
URL="$(echo "$RAW" | grep -oE "[^ ]+$")"
HANDLE="$(echo "$RAW" | grep -oE "^[^ ]+")"

# Process the item & remove from queue if successful.
wget $URL && sqscmd $SQS del $HANDLE