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Can I set ReceiveMessageWaitTimeSeconds using the AWS CLI in Python


Yes, you can set the `ReceiveMessageWaitTimeSeconds` parameter using the AWS CLI in Python. Here's an example:

python
import boto3

# Create an SQS client
sqs = boto3.client('sqs')

# Set the queue URL
queue_url = 'https://sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/123456789012/my-queue'

# Set the ReceiveMessageWaitTimeSeconds attribute
response = sqs.set_queue_attributes(
    QueueUrl=queue_url,
    Attributes={
        'ReceiveMessageWaitTimeSeconds': '20'
    }
)

print(response)

In this example, we first create an SQS client using the Boto3 library. We then set the URL of the SQS queue we want to modify.

Next, we use the `set_queue_attributes` method to update the `ReceiveMessageWaitTimeSeconds` attribute of the queue. We set the attribute to `20`, which means that the `ReceiveMessage` action will wait up to 20 seconds for a message to become available before returning an empty response.

You can also retrieve the current value of the `ReceiveMessageWaitTimeSeconds` attribute using the `get_queue_attributes` method:

python
response = sqs.get_queue_attributes(
    QueueUrl=queue_url,
    AttributeNames=['ReceiveMessageWaitTimeSeconds']
)

print(response['Attributes']['ReceiveMessageWaitTimeSeconds'])

This will print the current value of the `ReceiveMessageWaitTimeSeconds` attribute for the specified SQS queue.

Citations:
[1] https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/issues/96
[2] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/APIReference/API_ReceiveMessage.html
[3] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/APIReference/API_GetQueueAttributes.html
[4] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/code-library/latest/ug/python_3_sqs_code_examples.html
[5] https://camel.apache.org/components/4.4.x/aws2-sqs-component.html