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Auto-generated documentation for SQS type annotations stubs module mypy-boto3-sqs.

How to install#

You can generate type annotations for boto3 package locally with mypy-boto3-builder. Use uv for build isolation.

  1. Run mypy-boto3-builder in your package root directory: uvx --with 'boto3==1.38.18' mypy-boto3-builder
  2. Select boto3-stubs AWS SDK.
  3. Add SQS service.
  4. Use provided commands to install generated packages.

VSCode extension#

Add AWS Boto3 extension to your VSCode and run AWS boto3: Quick Start command.

Click Modify and select boto3 common and SQS.

From PyPI with pip#

Install boto3-stubs for SQS service.

# install with boto3 type annotations
python -m pip install 'boto3-stubs[sqs]'

# Lite version does not provide session.client/resource overloads
# it is more RAM-friendly, but requires explicit type annotations
python -m pip install 'boto3-stubs-lite[sqs]'

# standalone installation
python -m pip install mypy-boto3-sqs

From conda-forge#

Add conda-forge to your channels with:

conda config --add channels conda-forge
conda config --set channel_priority strict

Once the conda-forge channel has been enabled, mypy-boto3-sqs can be installed with:

conda install mypy-boto3-sqs

List all available versions of mypy-boto3-sqs available on your platform with:

conda search mypy-boto3-sqs --channel conda-forge

How to uninstall#

python -m pip uninstall -y mypy-boto3-sqs

Usage#

Code samples can be found in Examples.

SQSClient#

Type annotations and code completion for boto3.client("sqs") as SQSClient boto3 documentation

# SQSClient usage example

from boto3.session import Session

from mypy_boto3_sqs.client import SQSClient

def get_client() -> SQSClient:
    return Session().client("sqs")

Paginators#

Type annotations and code completion for paginators from boto3.client("sqs").get_paginator("...").

# ListDeadLetterSourceQueuesPaginator usage example

from boto3.session import Session

from mypy_boto3_sqs.paginator import ListDeadLetterSourceQueuesPaginator

def get_list_dead_letter_source_queues_paginator() -> ListDeadLetterSourceQueuesPaginator:
    return Session().client("sqs").get_paginator("list_dead_letter_source_queues"))

SQSServiceResource#

Type annotations and code completion for boto3.resource("sqs") as SQSServiceResource boto3 documentation

# SQSServiceResource usage example

from boto3.session import Session

from mypy_boto3_sqs.service_resource import SQSServiceResource

def get_sqs_resource() -> SQSServiceResource:
    return Session().resource("sqs")

Collections#

Type annotations and code completion for collections from boto3.resource("sqs").*.

# ServiceResourceQueuesCollection usage example

from boto3.session import Session

from mypy_boto3_sqs.service_resource import ServiceResourceQueuesCollection

def get_collection() -> ServiceResourceQueuesCollection:
    return Session().resource("sqs").queues

Resources#

Type annotations and code completion for additional resources from session.resource("sqs").*.

# Message usage example

from mypy_boto3_sqs.service_resource import Message

def get_resource() -> Message:
    return resource.Message(...)

Literals#

Type annotations for literals used in methods and schema.

# ListDeadLetterSourceQueuesPaginatorName usage example

from mypy_boto3_sqs.literals import ListDeadLetterSourceQueuesPaginatorName

def get_value() -> ListDeadLetterSourceQueuesPaginatorName:
    return "list_dead_letter_source_queues"

Type definitions#

Type annotations for type definitions used in methods and schema.