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Amazon SQS integration

Connect Amazon SQS to Activepieces and automate it end to end, without writing code.

Actions
17
Triggers
1
Auth
Custom auth
License
MIT, open source
Updated
November 2026

About the Amazon SQS integration

Add the Amazon SQS piece to a flow, connect your account once, and the rest of the builder can read from it and write to it. Because the piece is open source you can run it on our cloud or self-host it, and combine Amazon SQS with 770+ other apps in the same flow.

Triggers

Start a flow the moment something happens in Amazon SQS

Each trigger below can start a flow on its own, either instantly or on a schedule.

  • New Message in Queue

    Triggers for each new message in a queue. Messages are deleted from the queue once received by this trigger.

    3 fields

Actions

Everything Activepieces can do in Amazon SQS

Drop any of these into a flow and fill in the fields. No code is required.

  • Send Message

    Sends a message to an Amazon SQS queue.

    7 fields

  • Send Message Batch

    Sends up to 10 messages to a queue in one request.

    3 fields

  • Receive Messages

    Receives up to 10 messages from a queue. Received messages are hidden from other consumers until the visibility timeout ends; delete them after processing.

    6 fields

  • Delete Message

    Deletes a received message from a queue using its receipt handle.

    3 fields

  • Change Message Visibility

    Extends or shortens how long a received message stays hidden. Set 0 to make it visible again right away.

    4 fields

  • List Queues

    Lists queues in the connection region, optionally filtered by name prefix.

    2 fields

  • Get Queue Attributes

    Gets message counts and settings of a queue.

    2 fields

  • Purge Queue

    Deletes all messages in a queue. This cannot be undone and can run once every 60 seconds per queue.

    2 fields

  • Get Queue URL

    Finds the URL of a queue from its exact name.

    2 fields

  • Create Queue

    Creates a standard or FIFO queue in the connection region.

    11 fields

  • Set Queue Attributes

    Updates queue settings. Only the fields you fill are changed.

    10 fields

  • Delete Queue

    Permanently deletes a queue and every message in it.

    2 fields

  • Delete Message Batch

    Deletes up to 10 received messages from a queue in one request.

    3 fields

  • Change Message Visibility Batch

    Changes the visibility timeout of up to 10 received messages.

    3 fields

  • Tag Queue

    Adds or updates cost allocation tags on a queue.

    3 fields

  • Untag Queue

    Removes tags from a queue by key.

    3 fields

  • List Queue Tags

    Gets all tags on a queue.

    2 fields

Use Amazon SQS in a flow

Connect Amazon SQS once and every trigger and action above is yours to drop into the builder, alongside 770+ other apps. Free to start, on our cloud or your own servers.

Amazon SQS, answered.

Yes. Activepieces is open source and free to start, and the Amazon SQS piece is included on every plan, from the free cloud tier to any self-hosted deployment.

Add the Amazon SQS piece to a flow, then authenticate with Custom auth. Once connected, its 1 trigger and 17 actions are available anywhere in the builder.

"New Message in Queue" can start a flow that runs "Send Message", and you can chain Amazon SQS together with any of 770+ other apps and AI steps in between.

Yes. Activepieces is fully self-hostable, so you can run the Amazon SQS piece on your own infrastructure with your connections and your data staying in your environment.

Yes. Every piece you connect can be exposed over one Activepieces MCP server, so Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or any MCP client can call Amazon SQS actions as tools.