**To receive a message** This example receives up to 10 available messages, returning all available attributes. Command:: aws sqs receive-message --queue-url https://sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/80398EXAMPLE/MyQueue --attribute-names All --message-attribute-names All --max-number-of-messages 10 Output:: { "Messages": [ { "Body": "My first message.", "ReceiptHandle": "AQEBzbVv...fqNzFw==", "MD5OfBody": "1000f835...a35411fa", "MD5OfMessageAttributes": "9424c491...26bc3ae7", "MessageId": "d6790f8d-d575-4f01-bc51-40122EXAMPLE", "Attributes": { "ApproximateFirstReceiveTimestamp": "1442428276921", "SenderId": "AIDAIAZKMSNQ7TEXAMPLE", "ApproximateReceiveCount": "5", "SentTimestamp": "1442428276921" }, "MessageAttributes": { "PostalCode": { "DataType": "String", "StringValue": "ABC123" }, "City": { "DataType": "String", "StringValue": "Any City" } } } ] } This example receives the next available message, returning only the SenderId and SentTimestamp attributes as well as the PostalCode message attribute. Command:: aws sqs receive-message --queue-url https://sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/80398EXAMPLE/MyQueue --attribute-names SenderId SentTimestamp --message-attribute-names PostalCode Output:: { "Messages": [ { "Body": "My first message.", "ReceiptHandle": "AQEB6nR4...HzlvZQ==", "MD5OfBody": "1000f835...a35411fa", "MD5OfMessageAttributes": "b8e89563...e088e74f", "MessageId": "d6790f8d-d575-4f01-bc51-40122EXAMPLE", "Attributes": { "SenderId": "AIDAIAZKMSNQ7TEXAMPLE", "SentTimestamp": "1442428276921" }, "MessageAttributes": { "PostalCode": { "DataType": "String", "StringValue": "ABC123" } } } ] }