---
id: types-aiobotocore-sqs
version: "3.9.0"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# types-aiobotocore-sqs — Type annotations for aiobotocore SQS 3.9.0 service generated with mypy-boto3-builder 8.12.0

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 3.4M/mo

## What it is and what it does

This package is a type-stub library that adds static type annotations to aiobotocore's SQS service client. It is generated automatically from aiobotocore 3.9.0 using mypy-boto3-builder 8.12.0 and contains no runtime code—it exists solely to enable type checkers and IDEs to understand the shape and behavior of SQS client methods, paginators, waiters, and service resources.

When installed, it enables IDE autocomplete, inline documentation, and type checking in mypy and pyright without requiring explicit type annotations in your code. It supports VSCode with Pylance, PyCharm, Emacs with lsp-pyright, Sublime Text with LSP-pyright, and any other editor that understands Python type hints. The package depends only on typing-extensions and has no other runtime dependencies, making it safe to install in development environments or behind a TYPE_CHECKING guard in production code.

Use it for:

- Enable IDE autocomplete and inline documentation for aiobotocore SQS operations in VSCode or PyCharm without writing manual type annotations.
- Run mypy or pyright type checking on async AWS SQS code to catch method signature and argument type errors at development time.
- Provide type hints for SQS client, paginator, and waiter objects when using aiobotocore in a type-strict codebase.
- Support linting and type checking in Emacs or Sublime Text via LSP-pyright with full SQS API visibility.
- Guard type stubs behind TYPE_CHECKING to avoid runtime dependencies while maintaining full IDE support during development.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Provides type annotations and IDE autocomplete support for the aiobotocore SQS 3.9.0 async AWS client, compatible with mypy, pyright, VSCode, PyCharm, and other type-aware tools.

Yes. If you use aiobotocore for SQS and want IDE autocomplete or type checking, this package is essential and has no downsides: it is lightweight, actively maintained, permissively licensed, has no known vulnerabilities, and requires only a common utility dependency. Install it in your development environment or behind a TYPE_CHECKING block.

## Install

pip install types-aiobotocore-sqs
uv add types-aiobotocore-sqs
poetry add types-aiobotocore-sqs

## Installing types-aiobotocore-sqs

Before you install: Low install friction with a single lightweight runtime dependency (typing-extensions). Package is actively maintained with a recent release and no known vulnerabilities.

License in practice: MIT license permits unrestricted use, modification, and distribution with minimal obligations—suitable for both open-source and commercial projects.

Quickstart:

pip install types-aiobotocore-sqs

from aiobotocore.session import get_session
from types_aiobotocore_sqs import SQSClient

session = get_session()
async with session.create_client("sqs") as client:
    client: SQSClient  # type checker now provides hints

Requires Python 3.9 or later; aiobotocore 3.9.0 must be installed separately to use the client at runtime.

Verify before relying:

- Whether PyCharm performance issues with Literal overloads (PY-40997) have been resolved since the documentation was written.
- Whether the lite variant (types-aiobotocore-lite) is still recommended for PyCharm users experiencing slowness.

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 3.4M/month (top 5,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

aiobotocore sqs type stubs, async aws sqs type hints, boto3 type annotations, mypy aiobotocore support, sqs client autocomplete, pyright aws types, aiobotocore type checking, type-stubs, aws-sdk, async-io

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