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Sends a test notification to an existing destination.
The SendTestNotificationToDestination operation sends a test notification to the Destination that you specify. After you register a Destination, Amazon recommends that you call this operation to verify that you can receive notifications. You can also call this operation if you have not received any notifications at a Destination for a while.
This operation is available in all marketplaces except Mexico.
Maximum request quota | Restore rate | Hourly request quota |
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25 requests | Two requests every second | 7200 requests per hour |
For more information about the request parameters that are required for all Amazon MWS operations, see Required request parameters in the Amazon MWS Developer Guide.
Name | Description | Required | Valid values |
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MarketplaceId | The unique identifier for the marketplace. | Yes | Any valid MarketplaceId that you are registered in. For a list of MarketplaceId
values, see Amazon MWS endpoints and MarketplaceId values in the Amazon MWS Developer Guide. Type: xs:string |
Destination | The Destination to receive the test notification. | Yes | Any valid Destination that you previously registered by
calling the RegisterDestination operation. Type: Destination |
The SendTestNotificationToDestination operation only returns the common response elements.
For information about standard request requirements, see Required request parameters.
POST /Subscriptions/2013-07-01 HTTP/1.1 Content-Type: x-www-form-urlencoded Host: mws.amazonservices.com User-Agent: <Your User Agent Header> AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAEEXAMPLENGQCJLSA &Action=SendTestNotificationToDestination &Destination.AttributeList.member.1.Key=sqsQueueUrl &Destination.AttributeList.member.1.Value= https%3A%2F%2Fsqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2F51471EXAMPLE%2Fmws_notifications &Destination.DeliveryChannel=SQS &MWSAuthToken=amzn.mws.4ea38b7b-f563-7709-4bae-87aeaEXAMPLE &MarketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER &SellerId=A135KEXAMPLE56 &SignatureMethod=HmacSHA256 &SignatureVersion=2 &Timestamp=2013-07-25T16%3A34%3A10Z &Version=2013-07-01 &Signature=4nVisEXAMPLEpMaKsvyGPLkvtang%2Bo6Gurz4PssrPIY%3D
For information about standard response formatting, see Response format.
<SendTestNotificationToDestinationResponse xmlns="http://mws.amazonservices.com/schema/Subscriptions/2013-07-01"> <SendTestNotificationToDestinationResult/> <ResponseMetadata> <RequestId>f662dae6-bde0-4e75-a53b-741abEXAMPLE</RequestId> </ResponseMetadata> </SendTestNotificationToDestinationResponse>