# Data retrieval APIs for Amazon SQS
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Amazon SQS provides the following APIs for data retrieval.


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| Actions | Description | Access level | 
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| <a name="sqs-GetQueueAttributes"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/APIReference/API_GetQueueAttributes.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/APIReference/API_GetQueueAttributes.html) | Get attributes for the specified queue | Read | 
| <a name="sqs-GetQueueUrl"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/APIReference/API_GetQueueUrl.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/APIReference/API_GetQueueUrl.html) | Return the URL of an existing queue | Read | 
| <a name="sqs-ListDeadLetterSourceQueues"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/APIReference/API_ListDeadLetterSourceQueues.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/APIReference/API_ListDeadLetterSourceQueues.html) | Return a list of your queues that have the RedrivePolicy queue attribute configured with a dead letter queue | Read | 
| <a name="sqs-ListMessageMoveTasks"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/APIReference/API_ListMessageMoveTasks.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/APIReference/API_ListMessageMoveTasks.html) | List message move tasks | Read | 
| <a name="sqs-ListQueueTags"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/APIReference/API_ListQueueTags.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/APIReference/API_ListQueueTags.html) | List tags added to an SQS queue | Read | 
| <a name="sqs-ListQueues"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/APIReference/API_ListQueues.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/APIReference/API_ListQueues.html) | Return a list of your queues | Read | 
| <a name="sqs-ReceiveMessage"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/APIReference/API_ReceiveMessage.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/APIReference/API_ReceiveMessage.html) | Retrieve one or more messages, with a maximum limit of 10 messages, from the specified queue | Read |