SendMessage

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Request
- Request parameters
Response
- Successful response fields
- SendMessage errors
Sample request
Response example

Method for delivering a message to the specified queue. A message can include only XML, JSON, and unformatted text.

Request

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required parameter	Description
`DelaySeconds`	integer	No	The number of seconds to delay the message from being available for processing. Valid values: from 0 to 900. If not specified, it defaults to the queue's parameter value. The parameter does not apply to messages sent to a FIFO queue: in this case, the queue's parameter is used.
`MessageAttributeName.N` `MessageAttributeValue.N`	array	No	Array of names and corresponding values of your custom message attributes. See the Message data type.
`QueueUrl`	string	Yes	URL of the queue where the message is placed.
`MessageBody`	string	Yes	Body of the message to send. The maximum size is 256 KB. A message can include XML, JSON, and unformatted text. The following Unicode characters are supported: `#x9` `#xA` `#xD` `from #x20 to #xD7FF` `from #xE000 to #xFFFD` `from #x10000 to #x10FFFF`

FIFO queue parameters

Parameter	Type	Required parameter	Description
`MessageDeduplicationId`	string	Yes	ID of the token for message deduplication, used in FIFO queues. Each message must have a unique `MessageDeduplicationId`. If no `MessageDeduplicationId` is specified, a message will not be sent to a queue. The maximum length is 128 characters. You can use numbers, upper and lowercase Latin letters, and punctuation marks. For more information, see Deduplication.
`MessageGroupId`	string	Yes	ID of a message group, used in FIFO queues. The maximum length is 128 characters. You can use numbers, upper and lowercase Latin letters, and punctuation marks. For more information, see Deduplication.

Response

Successful response fields

Field	Type	Description
`MD5OfMessageAttributes`	string	An MD5 digest of a message attribute string.
`MD5OfMessageBody`	string	The MD5 digest of the message body.
`MessageId`	string	ID of the message sent.
`SequenceNumber`	string	Message number specific to FIFO queues within a group of messages with the same `MessageGroupId`. The number length is 128 bits; `SequenceNumber` continues to increase within a group with the same `MessageGroupId`.

SendMessage errors

For a list of errors common for all methods, see Common errors.

HTTP code	Error ID	Description
400	`UnsupportedOperation`	The operation is not supported.
400	`InvalidMessageContents`	The message contains characters outside the allowed set.

Sample request

Action=SendMessage
&Version=2012-11-05
&QueueUrl=https://message-queue.api.cloud.yandex.net/b1g8ad42m6he1ooql78r/dj600000000000le07ol/sample-queue
&MessageBody=Hello+world

For more information about forming requests, see General API request format.

Response example

<SendMessageResponse>
    <SendMessageResult>
        <MD5OfMessageBody>3e25960a79dbc69b674cd4ec67a72c62</MD5OfMessageBody>
        <MessageId>cddcbbe4-b0571f5c-d7b94ce4-1523191</MessageId>
    </SendMessageResult>
    <ResponseMetadata>
        <RequestId>75eb03b2-fba0e60e-b1c5641-12f7a5bc-2bf4e677831c06c5f9d7ea1063ffeb3f</RequestId>
    </ResponseMetadata>
</SendMessageResponse>