# azure-storage-queue

> Microsoft Azure Azure Queue Storage Client Library for Python

- **URL**: https://www.freshcrate.ai/projects/azure-storage-queue
- **Author**: Microsoft Corporation
- **Category**: Security
- **Latest version**: `azure-mgmt-computelimit_1.1.0` (2026-06-02)
- **License**: MIT License
- **Source**: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/storage/azure-storage-queue
- **Language**: Python
- **GitHub**: 5,526 stars, 3,285 forks
- **Registry**: pypi (`azure-storage-queue`)
- **Tags**: `azure`, `pypi`, `sdk`

## Description

# Azure Storage Queues client library for Python

Azure Queue storage is a service for storing large numbers of messages that can be accessed from anywhere in the world via authenticated calls using HTTP or HTTPS. A single queue message can be up to 64 KiB in size, and a queue can contain millions of messages, up to the total capacity limit of a storage account.

Common uses of Queue storage include:

* Creating a backlog of work to process asynchronously
* Passing messages between different parts of a distributed application

[Source code](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/storage/azure-storage-queue/azure/storage/queue)
| [Package (PyPI)](https://pypi.org/project/azure-storage-queue/)
| [Package (Conda)](https://anaconda.org/microsoft/azure-storage/)
| [API reference documentation](https://aka.ms/azsdk-python-storage-queue-ref)
| [Product documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/)
| [Samples](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/storage/azure-storage-queue/samples)

## Getting started

### Prerequisites
* Python 3.9 or later is required to use this package. For more details, please read our page on [Azure SDK for Python version support policy](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/wiki/Azure-SDKs-Python-version-support-policy).
* You must have an [Azure subscription](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/) and an
[Azure storage account](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-account-overview) to use this package.

### Install the package
Install the Azure Storage Queues client library for Python with [pip](https://pypi.org/project/pip/):

```bash
pip install azure-storage-queue
```

### Create a storage account
If you wish to create a new storage account, you can use the
[Azure Portal](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-quickstart-create-account?tabs=azure-portal),
[Azure PowerShell](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-quickstart-create-account?tabs=azure-powershell),
or [Azure CLI](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-quickstart-create-account?tabs=azure-cli):

```bash
# Create a new resource group to hold the storage account -
# if using an existing resource group, skip this step
az group create --name my-resource-group --location westus2

# Create the storage account
az storage account create -n my-storage-account-name -g my-resource-group
```

### Create the client
The Azure Storage Queues client library for Python allows you to interact with three types of resources: the storage
account itself, queues, and messages. Interaction with these resources starts with an instance of a [client](#clients).
To create a client object, you will need the storage account's queue service endpoint URL and a credential that allows
you to access the storage account:

```python
from azure.storage.queue import QueueServiceClient

service = QueueServiceClient(account_url="https://<my-storage-account-name>.queue.core.windows.net/", credential=credential)
```

#### Looking up the account URL
You can find the storage account's queue service URL using the
[Azure Portal](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-account-overview#storage-account-endpoints),
[Azure PowerShell](https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/az.storage/get-azstorageaccount),
or [Azure CLI](https://learn.microsoft.com/cli/azure/storage/account?view=azure-cli-latest#az-storage-account-show):

```bash
# Get the queue service URL for the storage account
az storage account show -n my-storage-account-name -g my-resource-group --query "primaryEndpoints.queue"
```

#### Types of credentials
The `credential` parameter may be provided in a number of different forms, depending on the type of
[authorization](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-auth) you wish to use:
1. To use a [shared access signature (SAS) token](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-sas-overview),
   provide the token as a string. If your account URL includes the SAS token, omit the credential parameter.
   You can generate a SAS token from the Azure Portal under "Shared access signature" or use one of the `generate_sas()`
   functions to create a sas token for the storage account or queue:

    ```python
    from datetime import datetime, timedelta
    from azure.storage.queue import QueueServiceClient, generate_account_sas, ResourceTypes, AccountSasPermissions

    sas_token = generate_account_sas(
        account_name="<storage-account-name>",
        account_key="<account-access-key>",
        resource_types=ResourceTypes(service=True),
        permission=AccountSasPermissions(read=True),
        start=datetime.utcnow(),
        expiry=datetime.utcnow() + timedelta(hours=1)
    )

    queue_service_client = QueueServiceClient(account_url="https://<my_account_name>.queue.core.windows.net", credential=sas_token)
    ```

2. To use a storage account [shared key](https://learn.microsoft.com

## Recent releases

| Version | Date | Urgency | Changes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `azure-mgmt-computelimit_1.1.0` | 2026-06-02 | High | ## 1.1.0 (2026-05-26)  ### Features Added    - Client `ComputeLimitMgmtClient` added operation group `vm_families`   - Added model `FeatureEnableRequest`   - Added model `VmFamily`   - Added model `VmFamilyProperties`   - Operation group `FeaturesOperations` added method `begin_disable`   - Added operation group `VmFamiliesOperations` |
| `azure-appconfiguration-provider_2.5.0` | 2026-05-26 | High | ## 2.5.0 (2026-05-22)  ### Features Added  - Added `refresh_enabled` parameter to the `load` method. Defaults to `True` if `refresh_on` is set. When set to `True` without `refresh_on` keys, all selected key-values are monitored for changes. When set to `False`, calling `refresh` will be a no-op. - Added the ability to monitor all selected key-values for refresh with the `refresh_enabled` kwarg. When this kwarg is set to `True`, and `refresh_on` is not specified, changes to any selected key-value |
| `azure-mgmt-storage_25.0.0` | 2026-05-20 | High | ## 25.0.0 (2026-05-19)  ### Features Added    - Client `StorageManagementClient` added method `send_request`   - Client `StorageManagementClient` added operation group `connectors`   - Client `StorageManagementClient` added operation group `data_shares`   - Enum `AccessTier` added member `SMART`   - Enum `AllowedCopyScope` added member `ALL`   - Enum `TriggerType` added member `MOCK_RUN`   - Model `AzureEntityResource` added property `system_data`   - Model `BlobContainer` added property `system |
| `azure-mgmt-storagesync_1.0.1` | 2026-05-14 | High | ## 1.0.1 (2026-05-14)  ### Other Changes    - Regenerated with latest code generator tool |
| `azure-mgmt-attestation_2.0.0` | 2026-05-08 | High | ## 2.0.0 (2026-05-08)  ### Features Added    - Client `AttestationManagementClient` added parameter `cloud_setting` in method `__init__`   - Client `AttestationManagementClient` added method `send_request`   - Client `AttestationManagementClient` added operation group `private_link_resources`   - Model `AttestationServiceCreationSpecificParams` added property `public_network_access`   - Model `AttestationServiceCreationSpecificParams` added property `tpm_attestation_authentication`   - Model `At |
| `azure-batch_15.1.0` | 2026-05-01 | High | ## 15.1.0 (2026-03-06)  ### Other Changes  - This is the GA release of the features introduced in the 15.0.0 and 15.1.0 beta versions, including LRO support, job-level FIFO scheduling, CMK support on pools, IPv6 support, metadata security protocol support, IP tag support, and confidential VM enhancements.  ### Breaking Changes  - Renamed `BatchNodeUserUpdateOptions` to `BatchNodeUserReplaceOptions`. - Renamed `OutputFileUploadConfig` to `OutputFileUploadConfiguration`.  - Removed Models:   - Rem |
| `azure-postgresql-auth_1.0.2` | 2026-04-29 | High | ## 1.0.2 (2026-04-28)  ### Bugs Fixed  - Removed dependency on `DefaultAzureCredential` in source library - Fixed `get_entra_conninfo_async` and `get_entra_token_async` closing the credential by using it as a context manager  ### Other Changes  - Bumped minimum dependency on `azure-core` to `>=1.31.0` |
| `azure-mgmt-hybridkubernetes_1.2.0` | 2026-04-23 | High | ## 1.2.0 (2026-04-23)  ### Other Changes    - Regenerate SDK code with latest code generator tool |
| `azure-template_0.1.0b6187637` | 2026-04-21 | High | ## 0.1.0b6187637 (2026-04-21)  ### Features Added  - Some feature  ### Breaking Changes  - Some breaking change  ### Bugs Fixed  - Some bug fix  ### Other Changes  - Some other change |
| `12.15.0` | 2026-04-21 | Low | Imported from PyPI (12.15.0) |

## Dependency audit

- **Score**: 98/100
- **Total deps**: 0
- **Resolved**: 0
- **Unresolved**: 0
- **License conflicts**: 0
- **Warnings**: 1
- **Scanned**: 2026-05-25

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