diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
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+# Changelog for antiope-sqs
+
+## Unreleased changes
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright Arbor Networks (c) 2018
+
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+      copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+      disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
+      with the distribution.
+
+    * Neither the name of Alexey Raga nor the names of other
+      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+      from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
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+(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# antiope-sqs
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/antiope-sqs.cabal b/antiope-sqs.cabal
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+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.20.0.
+--
+-- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
+--
+-- hash: ac64958cc7efc69597ec92dfaf4373cb4d2525a8efafa7a89526a55e027a8434
+
+name:           antiope-sqs
+version:        1.0.0
+description:    Please see the README on Github at <https://github.com/arbor/antiope#readme>
+category:       Services
+homepage:       https://github.com/arbor/antiope#readme
+bug-reports:    https://github.com/arbor/antiope/issues
+author:         Tyler Durden
+maintainer:     mayhem@arbor.net
+copyright:      Arbor Networks
+license:        MIT
+license-file:   LICENSE
+build-type:     Simple
+cabal-version:  >= 1.10
+
+extra-source-files:
+    ChangeLog.md
+    README.md
+
+source-repository head
+  type: git
+  location: https://github.com/arbor/antiope
+
+library
+  hs-source-dirs:
+      src
+  default-extensions: BangPatterns GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving OverloadedStrings TupleSections
+  ghc-options: -Wall -Wcompat -Wincomplete-record-updates -Wincomplete-uni-patterns -Wredundant-constraints -O2 -msse4.2
+  build-depends:
+      aeson
+    , amazonka
+    , amazonka-core
+    , amazonka-s3
+    , amazonka-sqs
+    , antiope-s3
+    , base >=4.7 && <5
+    , generic-lens
+    , lens
+    , lens-aeson
+    , monad-loops
+    , network-uri
+    , text
+  exposed-modules:
+      Antiope.SQS
+      Antiope.SQS.Types
+  other-modules:
+      Paths_antiope_sqs
+  default-language: Haskell2010
+
+test-suite antiope-sqs-test
+  type: exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  main-is: Spec.hs
+  hs-source-dirs:
+      test
+  default-extensions: BangPatterns GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving OverloadedStrings TupleSections
+  ghc-options: -Wall -Wcompat -Wincomplete-record-updates -Wincomplete-uni-patterns -Wredundant-constraints -O2 -msse4.2 -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N
+  build-depends:
+      aeson
+    , amazonka
+    , amazonka-core
+    , amazonka-s3
+    , amazonka-sqs
+    , antiope-s3
+    , antiope-sqs
+    , base >=4.7 && <5
+    , generic-lens
+    , lens
+    , lens-aeson
+    , monad-loops
+    , network-uri
+    , text
+  other-modules:
+      Paths_antiope_sqs
+  default-language: Haskell2010
diff --git a/src/Antiope/SQS.hs b/src/Antiope/SQS.hs
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+module Antiope.SQS
+( MonadAWS
+, FromText(..), fromText
+, ToText(..)
+, QueueUrl(..)
+, SQSError(..)
+, readQueue
+, drainQueue
+, ackMessage
+, ackMessages
+, messageInBody
+, s3Location
+, s3Location'
+) where
+
+import Antiope.S3            (S3Uri (..))
+import Antiope.SQS.Types     (QueueUrl (QueueUrl), SQSError (DeleteMessageBatchError))
+import Control.Lens
+import Control.Monad         (join)
+import Control.Monad.Loops   (unfoldWhileM)
+import Data.Aeson.Lens
+import Data.Maybe            (catMaybes)
+import Data.Text             (Text, pack, unpack)
+import Network.AWS           (MonadAWS, send)
+import Network.AWS.Data.Text (FromText (..), ToText (..), fromText, toText)
+import Network.AWS.S3        hiding (s3Location)
+import Network.AWS.SQS
+
+import qualified Network.URI as URI
+
+-- | Reads the specified SQS queue once returning a bath of messages
+readQueue :: MonadAWS m => QueueUrl -> m [Message]
+readQueue (QueueUrl queueUrl) = do
+  -- max wait time allowed by aws is 20sec, max number messages to recieve is 10
+  resp <- send $ receiveMessage queueUrl & rmWaitTimeSeconds ?~ 10 & rmMaxNumberOfMessages ?~ 10
+  return $ resp ^. rmrsMessages
+
+-- | Reads the specified SQS queue until it is empty and returns a list of messages
+drainQueue :: MonadAWS m => QueueUrl -> m [Message]
+drainQueue queueUrl =
+  join <$> unfoldWhileM (not . null) (readQueue queueUrl)
+
+ackMessage :: MonadAWS m => QueueUrl -> Message -> m (Either SQSError ())
+ackMessage q msg = ackMessages q [msg]
+
+ackMessages :: MonadAWS m => QueueUrl -> [Message] -> m (Either SQSError ())
+ackMessages (QueueUrl queueUrl) msgs = do
+  let receipts = catMaybes $ msgs ^.. each . mReceiptHandle
+  -- each dmbr needs an ID. just use the list index.
+  let dmbres = (\(r, i) -> deleteMessageBatchRequestEntry (pack (show i)) r) <$> zip receipts ([0..] :: [Int])
+  resp <- send $ deleteMessageBatch queueUrl & dmbEntries .~ dmbres
+  -- only acceptable if no errors.
+  if resp ^. dmbrsResponseStatus == 200
+    then case resp ^. dmbrsFailed of
+        [] -> return $ Right ()
+        _  -> return $ Left DeleteMessageBatchError
+    else return $ Left DeleteMessageBatchError
+
+-- Extract the "Message" content in the body if have
+messageInBody :: Text -> Maybe Text
+messageInBody body = body ^? key "Message" . _String
+
+s3Location :: Message -> Maybe S3Uri
+s3Location msg = join $ s3Location' <$> msg ^. mBody
+
+s3Location' :: Text -> Maybe S3Uri
+s3Location' msg = do
+  s3m <- messageInBody msg ^? _Just . key "Records" . nth 0 . key "s3"
+  b   <- s3m ^? key "bucket" . key "name" . _String
+  k   <- s3m ^? key "object" . key "key" . _String
+  pure $ S3Uri (BucketName b) (ObjectKey $ uriDecode k)
+
+uriDecode :: Text -> Text
+uriDecode = pack . URI.unEscapeString . unpack
diff --git a/src/Antiope/SQS/Types.hs b/src/Antiope/SQS/Types.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric #-}
+
+module Antiope.SQS.Types where
+
+import Data.String           (IsString)
+import Data.Text             (Text)
+import GHC.Generics
+import Network.AWS.Data.Text (FromText (..), ToText (..))
+
+data SQSError = DeleteMessageBatchError
+  deriving (Eq, Show, Generic)
+
+newtype QueueUrl = QueueUrl Text
+  deriving (Show, Eq, IsString, FromText, ToText, Generic)
diff --git a/test/Spec.hs b/test/Spec.hs
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+main :: IO ()
+main = putStrLn "Test suite not yet implemented"