Glossary

Access Key ID

An identifier associated with your Secret Access Key. Used for request authentication. See Your AWS Account.

grant

The combination of a permission and a grantee. See Access Control for Queues.

grantee

The user receiving a permission. See Access Control for Queues.

Message endpoint

For REST requests, the endpoint for actions on individual messages. See REST Requests.

MessageQueue endpoint

For REST requests, the endpoint for actions on a queue. See REST Requests.

peek

To peek in on a message is to receive the message without starting the message's visibility timeout clock or affecting the message's current visibility state. When you peek in on the message, the message is still visible to receiving components in your system.

permission

The ability to perform certain actions on a queue and its messages. Permissions are granted to a user by the owner of the queue or by another user who has the ability to grant permissions. See Access Control for Queues.

queue URL

The URL uniquely identifying a queue. See About the Queue URL.

QueueService endpoint

For REST requests, the endpoint for actions on the service. See REST Requests.

Secret Access Key

A key assigned to you by Amazon Web Services (AWS) when you sign up for an AWS account. Used for request authentication. See Your AWS Account.

visibility timeout

The length of time (in seconds) that a message that has been received from a queue will be invisible to other receiving components when they ask to receive messages. During the visibility timeout, the component that received the message usually processes the message and then deletes it from the queue. Also see Visibility Timeout.