sender.py

import boto3
import os
from os.path import join, dirname
from dotenv import load_dotenv

# Create .env file path.
dotenv_path = join(dirname(__file__), '.env')
# Load file from the path.
load_dotenv(dotenv_path)
# Create SQS client
sqs = boto3.client('sqs')
queue_url = os.getenv("QUEUE_URL")

# Send message to SQS queue
response = sqs.send_message(
    QueueUrl=queue_url,
    DelaySeconds=10,
    MessageAttributes={
        'Title': {
            'DataType': 'String',
            'StringValue': 'The Whistler'
        },
        'Author': {
            'DataType': 'String',
            'StringValue': 'John Grisham'
        },
        'WeeksOn': {
            'DataType': 'Number',
            'StringValue': '6'
        }
    },
    MessageBody=(
        'Information about current NY Times fiction bestseller for '
        'week of 12/11/2016.'
    )
)

print(response['MessageId'])