Allow more SQS settings to be set by env var

README.md

@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ queue:
 None of this information is actually an example of anything other than the
 strucure of the file, so if you copy paste it you'll probably be disappointed.
 
+### Environment Variables
+
+A few optional settings can also be configured by environment variable:
+
+* `SCOUT_SQS_MAX_NUMBER_OF_MESSAGES` - Max number of SQS messages to fetch at once
+* `SCOUT_SQS_WAIT_TIME_SECONDS` - Max seconds to wait for an SQS message per poll
+* `SCOUT_SQS_VISIBILITY_TIMEOUT` - How long to hide an SQS message after receiving it
+
 ## Versioning
 
 Scout uses tagged commits that are compatible with go modules. The first module

config.go

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Redis RedisConfig `yaml:"redis"`
 	AWS   AWSConfig   `yaml:"aws"`
 	Queue QueueConfig `yaml:"queue"`
+	SQS   SQSConfig
 }
 
 // RedisConfig is a nested config that contains the necessary parameters to
@@ -38,6 +39,13 @@ type QueueConfig struct {
 	Topics map[string]string `yaml:"topics"`
 }
 
+// SQSConfig is a nested config meant to be passed directly to the SQS client
+type SQSConfig struct {
+	maxNumberOfMessages int64 `yaml:"max_number_of_messages"`
+	waitTimeSeconds     int64 `yaml:"wait_time_seconds"`
+	visibilityTimeout   int64 `yaml:"visibility_timeout"`
+}
+
 // ReadConfig reads from a file with the given name and returns a config or
 // an error if the file was unable to be parsed. It does no error checking
 // as far as required fields.

main.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
+	"strconv"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
@@ -89,6 +90,23 @@ func runApp(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		return cli.NewExitError("Failed to parse config file", 1)
 	}
 
+	maxNumberOfMessages, _ := strconv.ParseInt(os.Getenv("SCOUT_SQS_MAX_NUMBER_OF_MESSAGES"), 10, 64)
+	if maxNumberOfMessages != 0 {
+		config.SQS.maxNumberOfMessages = maxNumberOfMessages
+	} else {
+		config.SQS.maxNumberOfMessages = 10
+	}
+
+	waitTimeSeconds, _ := strconv.ParseInt(os.Getenv("SCOUT_SQS_WAIT_TIME_SECONDS"), 10, 64)
+	if waitTimeSeconds != 0 {
+		config.SQS.waitTimeSeconds = waitTimeSeconds
+	}
+
+	visibilityTimeout, _ := strconv.ParseInt(os.Getenv("SCOUT_SQS_VISIBILITY_TIMEOUT"), 10, 64)
+	if visibilityTimeout != 0 {
+		config.SQS.visibilityTimeout = visibilityTimeout
+	}
+
 	queue, err := NewQueue(config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return cli.NewExitError(fmt.Sprintf("Initialization error: %s", err.Error()), 1)

queue.go

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func NewQueue(config *Config) (Queue, error) {
 	queue := new(queue)
 	var err error
 
-	queue.SQSClient, err = NewAWSSQSClient(config.AWS, config.Queue.Name)
+	queue.SQSClient, err = NewAWSSQSClient(config.AWS, config.Queue.Name, config.SQS)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

sqs_client.go

@@ -28,19 +28,22 @@ type Message struct {
 type sdkClient struct {
 	service *sqs.SQS
 	url     string
+	SQSConfig
 }
 
 // NewAWSSQSClient creates an SQS client that talks to AWS on the given queue
-func NewAWSSQSClient(conf AWSConfig, queueName string) (SQSClient, error) {
+func NewAWSSQSClient(conf AWSConfig, queueName string, sqsConf SQSConfig) (SQSClient, error) {
 	creds := credentials.NewStaticCredentials(conf.AccessKey, conf.SecretKey, "")
 	sess, err := session.NewSession(&aws.Config{Region: formatRegion(conf.Region), Credentials: creds})
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	client := new(sdkClient)
-	client.service = sqs.New(sess)
+	client := &sdkClient{
+		service:   sqs.New(sess),
+		SQSConfig: sqsConf,
+	}
 
 	resp, err := client.service.GetQueueUrl(&sqs.GetQueueUrlInput{
 		QueueName: &queueName,
@@ -57,7 +60,9 @@ func NewAWSSQSClient(conf AWSConfig, queueName string) (SQSClient, error) {
 func (s *sdkClient) Fetch() ([]Message, error) {
 	res, err := s.service.ReceiveMessage(&sqs.ReceiveMessageInput{
 		QueueUrl:            &s.url,
-		MaxNumberOfMessages: aws.Int64(10),
+		MaxNumberOfMessages: &s.maxNumberOfMessages,
+		WaitTimeSeconds:     &s.waitTimeSeconds,
+		VisibilityTimeout:   &s.visibilityTimeout,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err