Azure Storage Queues Client Library for C++

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 KB in size, and a queue can contain millions of messages, up to the total capacity limit of a storage account.

Getting started

Install the package

The easiest way to acquire the C++ SDK is leveraging vcpkg package manager. See the corresponding Azure SDK for C++ readme section.

To install Azure Storage packages via vcpkg:

vcpkg install azure-storage-queues-cpp

Then, use in your CMake file:

find_package(azure-storage-queues-cpp CONFIG REQUIRED)
target_link_libraries(<your project name> PRIVATE Azure::azure-storage-queues)

Prerequisites

You need an Azure subscription and a Storage Account to use this package.

To create a new Storage Account, you can use the Azure Portal, Azure PowerShell, or the Azure CLI.

Build from Source

First, download the repository to your local folder:

git clone https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-cpp.git

Create a new folder under the root directory of local cloned repo, switch into this folder and run below commands:

Windows:

cmake .. -A x64
cmake --build . --target azure-storage-queues

or Unix:

cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
cmake --build . --target azure-storage-queues

Key concepts

Common uses of Queue storage include:

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

Learn more about options for authentication (including Connection Strings, Shared Key, Shared Key Signatures, Active Directory, and anonymous public access) in our samples.

Thread safety

We guarantee that all client instance methods are thread-safe and independent of each other (guideline). This ensures that the recommendation of reusing client instances is always safe, even across threads.

Additional concepts

Client Options | Accessing the response | Long-running operations | Handling failures

Examples

Send messages

const std::string connectionString = "<connection_string>";
const std::string queueName = "sample-queue";
 
// Get a reference to a queue and then create it
QueueClient queueClient = QueueClient(connectionString, queueName);
queueClient.Create();
 
// Send a message to our queue
queueClient.EnqueueMessage("Hello, Azure1!");
queueClient.EnqueueMessage("Hello, Azure2!");
queueClient.EnqueueMessage("Hello, Azure3!");

Receive messages

ReceiveMessagesOptions receiveOptions;
receiveOptions.MaxMessages = 3;
auto receiveMessagesResult = queueClient.ReceiveMessages(receiveOptions).Value;
for (auto& msg : receiveMessagesResult.Messages)
{
  std::cout << msg.MessageText << std::endl;
  queueClient.DeleteMessage(msg.MessageId, updateResponse.Value.PopReceipt);
}

Troubleshooting

All Azure Storage Queue service operations will throw a StorageException on failure with helpful ErrorCodes. Many of these errors are recoverable.

try
{
  queueClient.Delete();
}
catch (Azure::Storage::StorageException& e)
{
  if (e.ErrorCode == "QueueNotFound")
  {
    // ignore the error if the queue does not exist.
  }
  else
  {
    // handle other errors here
  }
}

Next steps

Get started with our Queue samples:

1. Send and receive messages
2. Encode and decode messages

Contributing

See the Storage CONTRIBUTING.md for details on building, testing, and contributing to these libraries.

This project welcomes contributions and suggestions. Most contributions require you to agree to a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) declaring that you have the right to, and actually do, grant us the rights to use your contribution. For details, visit cla.microsoft.com.

This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.