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Lambda parameters for Amazon SQS event source mappings

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Lambda parameters for Amazon SQS event source mappings - AWS Lambda

All Lambda event source types share the same CreateEventSourceMapping and UpdateEventSourceMapping API operations. However, only some of the parameters apply to Amazon SQS.

Parameter Required Default Notes

BatchSize

N

10

For standard queues, the maximum is 10,000. For FIFO queues, the maximum is 10.

Enabled

N

true

 none

EventSourceArn

Y

 N/A

The ARN of the data stream or a stream consumer

FunctionName

Y

 N/A none

FilterCriteria

N

N/A

Control which events Lambda sends to your function

FunctionResponseTypes

N

 N/A

To let your function report specific failures in a batch, include the value ReportBatchItemFailures in FunctionResponseTypes. For more information, see Implementing partial batch responses.

MaximumBatchingWindowInSeconds

N

0

 Batching window is not supported for FIFO queues

ScalingConfig

N

N/A

Configuring maximum concurrency for Amazon SQS event sources
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