@nestjstools/messaging-amazon-sqs-extension

A NestJS library for managing asynchronous and synchronous messages with support for buses, handlers, channels, and consumers. This library simplifies building scalable and decoupled applications by facilitating robust message handling pipelines while ensuring flexibility and reliability.

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Documentation

https://nestjstools.gitbook.io/nestjstools-messaging-docs

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Installation

npm install @nestjstools/messaging @nestjstools/messaging-amazon-sqs-extension 

or

yarn add @nestjstools/messaging @nestjstools/messaging-amazon-sqs-extension

AmazonSQS Integration: Messaging Configuration Example

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import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
import { MessagingModule } from '@nestjstools/messaging';
import { SendMessageHandler } from './handlers/send-message.handler';
import { AmazonSqsChannelConfig, MessagingAmazonSqsExtensionModule } from '@nestjstools/messaging-amazon-sqs-extension';

@Module({
  imports: [
    MessagingAmazonSqsExtensionModule, // Importing the SQS extension module
    MessagingModule.forRoot({
      buses: [
        {
          name: 'message.bus',
          channels: ['sqs-channel'],
        },
      ],
      channels: [
        new AmazonSqsChannelConfig({
          name: 'sqs-channel',
          enableConsumer: true, // Enable if you want to consume messages
          region: 'us-east-1',
          queueUrl: 'http://localhost:9324/queue/test_queue', // ElasticMQ for local development
          autoCreate: true, // Auto-create queue if it doesn't exist
          credentials: { // Optional credentials for SQS
            accessKeyId: 'x',
            secretAccessKey: 'x',
          },
          maxNumberOfMessages: 3, // optional
          visibilityTimeout: 10, // optional 
          waitTimeSeconds: 5, // Every 5 seconds consumer will pull 3 messages from queue - optional,
          deadLetterQueue: false,
        }),
      ],
      debug: true, // Optional: Enable debugging for Messaging operations
    }),
  ],
})
export class AppModule {}

Dispatch messages via bus (example)

import { Controller, Get } from '@nestjs/common';
import { CreateUser } from './application/command/create-user';
import { IMessageBus, MessageBus, RoutingMessage } from '@nestjstools/messaging';

@Controller()
export class AppController {
  constructor(
    @MessageBus('message.bus') private sqsMessageBus: IMessageBus,
  ) {}

  @Get('/sqs')
  createUser(): string {
    this.sqsMessageBus.dispatch(new RoutingMessage(new CreateUser('John FROM SQS'), 'my_app_command.create_user'));

    return 'Message sent';
  }
}

Handler for your message

import { CreateUser } from '../create-user';
import { IMessageBus, IMessageHandler, MessageBus, MessageHandler, RoutingMessage, DenormalizeMessage } from '@nestjstools/messaging';

@MessageHandler('my_app_command.create_user')
export class CreateUserHandler implements IMessageHandler<CreateUser>{

  handle(message: CreateUser): Promise<void> {
    console.log(message);
    // TODO Logic there
  }
}

📨 Communicating Beyond a NestJS Application (Cross-Language Messaging)

To enable communication with a Handler from services written in other languages, follow these steps:

1. Publish a Message to the queue

2. Include the Routing Key Header Your message must include a header attribute named messagingRoutingKey. The value should correspond to the routing key defined in your NestJS message handler:

   @MessageHandler('my_app_command.create_user') // <-- Use this value as the routing key

3. You're Done! Once the message is published with the correct routing key, it will be automatically routed to the appropriate handler within the NestJS application.

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🏷️ Sending Custom SQS Message Attributes

In addition to the required messagingRoutingKey header, you can include custom attributes in your SQS messages to enrich the message with metadata such as request IDs, user types, or priority levels.

Example: Sending a Message with Attributes

const exampleAttributes = {
  requestId: {
    DataType: "String",
    StringValue: "req-" + Math.random().toString(36).substring(2, 10),
  },
  timestamp: {
    DataType: "Number",
    StringValue: Date.now().toString(),
  },
  userType: {
    DataType: "String",
    StringValue: "admin",
  },
  priority: {
    DataType: "Number",
    StringValue: "1",
  },
};

this.sqsMessageBus.dispatch(
  new RoutingMessage(
    new CreateUser('John FROM Sqs'),
    'my_app_command.create_user',
    new AmazonSqsMessageOptions(exampleAttributes)
  )
);

⚠️ Don't forget that messagingRoutingKey must still be present — it's used to route the message to the correct handler.

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Key Features:

• Amazon SQS Integration: Easily send and receive messages with Amazon SQS.

• Local Development Support: Works with ElasticMQ for local development and testing.

• Automatic Queue Creation: Automatically create queues if they don’t exist (when autoCreate: true).

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Configuration options

AmazonSqsChannel

AmazonSqsChannelConfig

Property	Description	Default Value
name	The name of the Amazon SQS channel (e.g., 'message.bus').
region	The AWS region for the SQS queue (e.g., 'us-east-1').
queueUrl	The URL of the SQS queue (e.g., 'http://localhost:9324/queue/test_queue').
credentials	AWS credentials for SQS (optional).
enableConsumer	Whether to enable message consumption (i.e., processing received messages).	true
autoCreate	Automatically create the queue if it doesn’t exist.	true
maxNumberOfMessages	The maximum number of messages to retrieve from the queue in one request.	1
visibilityTimeout	The time in seconds that the message will remain invisible to other consumers after being fetched.	20
waitTimeSeconds	The amount of time (in seconds) for long polling. The consumer will wait up to this time for messages.	10
deadLetterQueue	When set to true, a dead-letter queue (DLQ) is automatically created. The DLQ name follows the pattern: <queue_name>_dead_letter.	false

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Real world working example with RabbitMQ & Redis - but might be helpful to understand how it works

https://github.com/nestjstools/messaging-rabbitmq-example