go get github.com/goamz/goamz/sqs

var auth = aws.Auth{
  AccessKey: os.Getenv("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"),
  SecretKey: os.Getenv("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"),
}

conn := sqs.New(auth, aws.USEast)

q, err := conn.CreateQueue(queueName)
if err != nil {
  log.Fatalf(err.Error())
}

q.SendMessage(batch)

go test .