diff --git a/services/sqs.cfc b/services/sqs.cfc
index 2b2021e..f5aa9bb 100644
--- a/services/sqs.cfc
+++ b/services/sqs.cfc
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ component {
         var requestSettings = api.resolveRequestSettings( argumentCollection = arguments );
         var apiResponse = apiCall(
             requestSettings,
-            'GET',
+            'POST',
             '/',
             { 'Action': 'ListQueues' }
         );
@@ -40,8 +40,12 @@ component {
     * Example: [{'Name':'AttName','Value':'AttVal','DataType':'String'},{'Name':'AttName3','Value':34,'DataType':'Number'}]
     * @messageDeduplicationId Optional string. This parameter applies only to FIFO (first-in-first-out) queues.
     * The token used for deduplication of sent messages.
+    * The maximum length of MessageDeduplicationId is 128 characters. MessageDeduplicationId can contain alphanumeric
+    * characters (a-z, A-Z, 0-9) and punctuation (!"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~).
     * @messageGroupId Optional string. This parameter applies only to FIFO (first-in-first-out) queues.
     * Note: MessageGroupId is required for FIFO queues. You can't use it for Standard queues.
+    * The maximum length of MessageGroupId is 128 characters. messageGroupId can contain alphanumeric
+    * characters (a-z, A-Z, 0-9) and punctuation (!"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~).
     */
     public any function sendMessage(
         required string queueName,
@@ -52,29 +56,48 @@ component {
         string messageGroupId
     ) {
         var requestSettings = api.resolveRequestSettings( argumentCollection = arguments );
-        var payload = { 'Action': 'SendMessage', 'MessageBody': message };
-        if ( structKeyExists( arguments, 'delaySeconds' ) && isNumeric( delaySeconds ) ) {
-            structAppend( payload, { 'DelaySeconds': delaySeconds } );
+        var payload = { 'Action': 'SendMessage' };
+        // prepare message and append to payload
+        structAppend( payload, prepareMessage( argumentCollection = arguments ) );
+        var apiResponse = apiCall(
+            requestSettings,
+            'POST',
+            '/' & queueName,
+            payload
+        );
+        if ( apiResponse.statusCode == 200 ) {
+            apiResponse[ 'data' ] = utils.parseXmlDocument( apiResponse.rawData );
         }
-        for ( var idx = 1; idx <= arrayLen( messageAttributes ); idx++ ) {
+        return apiResponse;
+    }
+
+    /**
+    * Sends a batch of messages ( up to 10 messages )
+    * https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/APIReference/API_SendMessageBatch.html
+    * @queueName Required string. The name of the queue to send to (e.g. "123456789/my-sqs-queue").
+    * @messages Required array. An array containing messages to post. Maximum 10.
+    * Each array item must contain a structure that resembles the arguments required by prepareMessage()
+    */
+    public any function sendMessageBatch(
+        required string queueName,
+        required array messages
+    ) {
+        var requestSettings = api.resolveRequestSettings( argumentCollection = arguments );
+        var payload = { 'Action': 'SendMessageBatch' };
+        if ( arrayLen(arguments.messages) > 10 ){
+            throw( type = 'aws.sqs', message = 'Maximum allowed of messages for a batch is 10.' );
+        }
+        for ( var idx = 1; idx <= arrayLen(arguments.messages); idx++ ) {
+            // add the id per message to declare as a batch job
+            arguments.messages[idx].batchID = idx;
             structAppend(
                 payload,
-                {
-                    'MessageAttribute.#idx#.Name': messageAttributes[ idx ].Name,
-                    'MessageAttribute.#idx#.Value.StringValue': messageAttributes[ idx ].Value,
-                    'MessageAttribute.#idx#.Value.DataType': messageAttributes[ idx ].DataType
-                }
+                prepareMessage( argumentCollection = arguments.messages[idx] )
             );
         }
-        if ( structKeyExists( arguments, 'messageDeduplicationId' ) && len( messageDeduplicationId ) ) {
-            structAppend( payload, { 'MessageDeduplicationId': messageDeduplicationId } );
-        }
-        if ( structKeyExists( arguments, 'messageGroupId' ) && len( messageGroupId ) ) {
-            structAppend( payload, { 'MessageGroupId': messageGroupId } );
-        }
         var apiResponse = apiCall(
             requestSettings,
-            'GET',
+            'POST',
             '/' & queueName,
             payload
         );
@@ -124,7 +147,7 @@ component {
         }
         var apiResponse = apiCall(
             requestSettings,
-            'GET',
+            'POST',
             '/' & queueName,
             payload
         );
@@ -147,7 +170,7 @@ component {
         var requestSettings = api.resolveRequestSettings( argumentCollection = arguments );
         var apiResponse = apiCall(
             requestSettings,
-            'GET',
+            'POST',
             '/' & queueName,
             { 'Action': 'DeleteMessage', 'ReceiptHandle': receiptHandle }
         );
@@ -210,7 +233,7 @@ component {
                 }
             );
         }
-        var apiResponse = apiCall( requestSettings, 'GET', '/', payload );
+        var apiResponse = apiCall( requestSettings, 'POST', '/', payload );
         if ( apiResponse.statusCode == 200 ) {
             apiResponse[ 'data' ] = utils.parseXmlDocument( apiResponse.rawData );
         }
@@ -228,7 +251,7 @@ component {
         var requestSettings = api.resolveRequestSettings( argumentCollection = arguments );
         var apiResponse = apiCall(
             requestSettings,
-            'GET',
+            'POST',
             '/' & queueName,
             { 'Action': 'DeleteQueue', 'QueueName': queueName }
         );
@@ -249,7 +272,7 @@ component {
         var requestSettings = api.resolveRequestSettings( argumentCollection = arguments );
         var apiResponse = apiCall(
             requestSettings,
-            'GET',
+            'POST',
             '/' & queueName,
             { 'Action': 'PurgeQueue' }
         );
@@ -261,6 +284,61 @@ component {
 
     // private
 
+    /**
+    * @message Required string. The message to post, text format.
+    * @delaySeconds Optional numeric. The length of time, in seconds, for which to delay a specific message.
+    * Valid values: 0 to 900. Maximum: 15 minutes. Messages with a positive DelaySeconds value become available for
+    * processing after the delay period is finished. If you don't specify a value, the default value for the queue applies.
+    * Note: When you set FifoQueue, you can't set DelaySeconds per message. You can set this parameter only on a queue level.
+    * @messageAttributes Optional array. An array of message attributes to be added to the message. Each array item must contain a structure
+    * containing 3 keys: Name, Value, DataType. String and Number are supported DataType values.
+    * Example: [{'Name':'AttName','Value':'AttVal','DataType':'String'},{'Name':'AttName3','Value':34,'DataType':'Number'}]
+    * @messageDeduplicationId Optional string. This parameter applies only to FIFO (first-in-first-out) queues.
+    * The token used for deduplication of sent messages.
+    * The maximum length of MessageDeduplicationId is 128 characters. MessageDeduplicationId can contain alphanumeric
+    * characters (a-z, A-Z, 0-9) and punctuation (!"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~).
+    * @messageGroupId Optional string. This parameter applies only to FIFO (first-in-first-out) queues.
+    * Note: MessageGroupId is required for FIFO queues. You can't use it for Standard queues.
+    * The maximum length of MessageGroupId is 128 characters. messageGroupId can contain alphanumeric
+    * characters (a-z, A-Z, 0-9) and punctuation (!"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~).
+    * @batchID Optional numeric. This is used for batch jobs, if sent, it will prepend SendMessageBatchRequestEntry.{{id}}. to each key create the required Id key
+    */
+    private struct function prepareMessage(
+        required string message,
+        numeric delaySeconds,
+        array messageAttributes = [ ],
+        string messageDeduplicationId,
+        string messageGroupId,
+        numeric batchID
+    ){
+        var isBatch  = structKeyExists( arguments, 'batchID' ) && isNumeric( batchID );
+        var batchKey = isBatch ? 'SendMessageBatchRequestEntry.#arguments.batchID#.' : '';
+        var payload  = { '#batchKey#MessageBody': message };
+        if ( isBatch ) {
+            payload['#batchKey#Id'] = arguments.batchID;
+        }
+        if ( structKeyExists( arguments, 'delaySeconds' ) && isNumeric( delaySeconds ) ) {
+            structAppend( payload, { '#batchKey#DelaySeconds': delaySeconds } );
+        }
+        for ( var idx = 1; idx <= arrayLen( messageAttributes ); idx++ ) {
+            structAppend(
+                payload,
+                {
+                    '#batchKey#MessageAttribute.#idx#.Name': messageAttributes[ idx ].Name,
+                    '#batchKey#MessageAttribute.#idx#.Value.StringValue': messageAttributes[ idx ].Value,
+                    '#batchKey#MessageAttribute.#idx#.Value.DataType': messageAttributes[ idx ].DataType
+                }
+            );
+        }
+        if ( structKeyExists( arguments, 'messageDeduplicationId' ) && len( messageDeduplicationId ) ) {
+            structAppend( payload, { '#batchKey#MessageDeduplicationId': messageDeduplicationId } );
+        }
+        if ( structKeyExists( arguments, 'messageGroupId' ) && len( messageGroupId ) ) {
+            structAppend( payload, { '#batchKey#MessageGroupId': messageGroupId } );
+        }
+        return payload;
+    }
+
     private string function getHost(
         required string region
     ) {