Unable to get all queues using the list_all_queues api

Question

I am running boto.sqs.get_all_queues(). This is only returning a maximum of 1000 queues.

How do I get back all the queues?

Answer 1

The SQS API does not provide a way to retrieve more than 1000 queues at a time and there is no pagination mechanism available. It does provide a way to pass in a prefix and only queues whose name begins with the prefix are returned. So, depending on how you have named your queues you may be able to use that prefix mechanism to implement your own pseudo-paging and eventually list all of your queues. The get_all_queues method in boto supports the prefix parameter.