SQS input plugin
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Status : core plugin, unit tested and maintained.

This plugin is used to get logs from [SQS](https://aws.amazon.com/en/sqs/). This plugin use [long polling](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/APIReference/API_ReceiveMessage.html) to get messages faster.

Example 1: get messages from the SQS queue ``sqs.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/66171255634/test``
Config using url: ``input://sqs://sqs.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/66171255634/test?aws_access_key_id=key&aws_secret_access_key=secret``

Config using logstash format:
````
input {
  sqs {
    aws_queue => "sqs.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/66171255634/test"
    aws_access_key_id => key
    aws_secret_access_key => secret
  }
}
````

Parameters :
* ``aws_queue``: the aws queue url.
* ``aws_access_key_id``: your AWS Access Key Id. Required.
* ``aws_access_key_id``: your AWS Access Key Id. Required.
* ``aws_secret_access_key``: your AWS Secret Access Key Id. Required.
* ``polling_delay``: the long polling max delay, in seconds. Default value : 10.
* ``unserializer``: more doc at [unserializers](unserializers.md). Default value to ``json_logstash``.