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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Mitch Garnaat
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import botocore.exceptions
+import kappa.event_source.base
+import logging
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class SqsEventSource(kappa.event_source.base.EventSource):
+
+    def __init__(self, context, config):
+        super(SqsEventSource, self).__init__(context, config)
+        self._lambda = kappa.awsclient.create_client(
+            'lambda', context.session)
+
+    def _get_uuid(self, function):
+        uuid = None
+        response = self._lambda.call(
+            'list_event_source_mappings',
+            FunctionName=function.name,
+            EventSourceArn=self.arn)
+        LOG.debug(response)
+        if len(response['EventSourceMappings']) > 0:
+            uuid = response['EventSourceMappings'][0]['UUID']
+        return uuid
+
+    def add(self, function):
+        try:
+            response = self._lambda.call(
+                'create_event_source_mapping',
+                FunctionName=function.name,
+                EventSourceArn=self.arn,
+                BatchSize=self.batch_size,
+                Enabled=self.enabled
+            )
+            LOG.debug(response)
+        except Exception:
+            LOG.exception('Unable to add event source')
+
+    def enable(self, function):
+        self._config['enabled'] = True
+        try:
+            response = self._lambda.call(
+                'update_event_source_mapping',
+                UUID=self._get_uuid(function),
+                Enabled=self.enabled
+            )
+            LOG.debug(response)
+        except Exception:
+            LOG.exception('Unable to enable event source')
+
+    def disable(self, function):
+        self._config['enabled'] = False
+        try:
+            response = self._lambda.call(
+                'update_event_source_mapping',
+                FunctionName=function.name,
+                Enabled=self.enabled
+            )
+            LOG.debug(response)
+        except Exception:
+            LOG.exception('Unable to disable event source')
+
+    def update(self, function):
+        response = None
+        uuid = self._get_uuid(function)
+        if uuid:
+            try:
+                response = self._lambda.call(
+                    'update_event_source_mapping',
+                    BatchSize=self.batch_size,
+                    Enabled=self.enabled,
+                    FunctionName=function.arn)
+                LOG.debug(response)
+            except Exception:
+                LOG.exception('Unable to update event source')
+
+    def remove(self, function):
+        response = None
+        uuid = self._get_uuid(function)
+        if uuid:
+            response = self._lambda.call(
+                'delete_event_source_mapping',
+                UUID=uuid)
+            LOG.debug(response)
+        return response
+
+    def status(self, function):
+        response = None
+        LOG.debug('getting status for event source %s', self.arn)
+        uuid = self._get_uuid(function)
+        if uuid:
+            try:
+                response = self._lambda.call(
+                    'get_event_source_mapping',
+                    UUID=self._get_uuid(function))
+                LOG.debug(response)
+            except botocore.exceptions.ClientError:
+                LOG.debug('event source %s does not exist', self.arn)
+                response = None
+        else:
+            LOG.debug('No UUID for event source %s', self.arn)
+        return response