# 1. Introduction

A Queue is an entity that holds messages. Ideally, a queue is created per work type. For example, if you want to compress files, you would create a queue dedicated to this job. Any application that reads from this queue would only compress files.

# 2. Setup

    $service = $client->queuesService('cloudQueues', 'ORD');

# 3. Client IDs

With most of Marconi’s operation, you must specify a Client ID which will be used as a unique identifier for the process accessing this Queue. This is basically a UUID that must be unique to each client accessing the API - it can be an arbitrary string.

    $service->setClientId();

    echo $service->getClientId();

If you call `setClientId` without any parameters, a UUID is automatically generated for you.

# 4. List queues

## 4.1 Description

This operation lists queues for the project. The queues are sorted alphabetically by name.

## 4.2 Parameters

|Name|Style|Type|Description| |—-|—–|—-|———–| |marker|Query|​String|Specifies the name of the last queue received in a previous request, or none to get the first page of results. Optional.| |limit|Query|Integer|Specifies the number of queues to return. The default value for the number of queues returned is 10. If you do not specify this parameter, the default number of queues is returned. Optional.| |detailed|Query|​Boolean|Determines whether queue metadata is included in the response. The default value for this parameter is false, which excludes the metadata. Optional.| |—-|—–|—-|———–|

## 4.3 Code sample

    $queues = $service->listQueues();

    while ($queue = $queues->next()) {
        echo $queue->getName() . PHP_EOL;
    }

# 5. Create queue

## 5.1 Description

This operation creates a new queue.

## 5.2 Parameters

A string representation of the name for your new Queue. The name must not exceed 64 bytes in length, and it is limited to US-ASCII letters, digits, underscores, and hyphens.

## 5.3 Code sample

    $queue = $service->createQueue('new_queue');

# 6. Retrieve queue

## 6.1 Description

Returns a `Queue` object for use.

## 6.2 Parameters

Queue name.

## 6.3 Code sample

    $queue = $service->getQueue('new_queue');

# 7. Check queue existence

## 7.1 Description

This operation verifies whether the specified queue exists by returning `TRUE` or `FALSE`.

## 7.2 Parameters

## 7.3 Code sample

    if ($service->hasQueue('new_queue')) {
        // do something
    }

# 8. Update queue metadata (permanently to the API)

## 4.1 Description

This operation replaces any existing metadata document in its entirety. Ensure that you do not accidentally overwrite existing metadata that you want to retain. If you want to append metadata, ensure you merge a new array to the existing values.

## 4.2 Parameters

Hash of key pairs.

## 4.3 Code sample

    $queue->saveMetadata(array(
        'foo' => 'bar'
    ));

# 9. Retrieve the queue metadata (fresh from the API)

## 4.1 Description

This operation returns metadata, such as message TTL, for the queue.

## 4.2 Parameters

None.

## 4.3 Code sample

    $metadata = $queue->retrieveMetadata();

    print_r($metadata->toArray());

# 10. Get queue stats

## 4.1 Description

This operation returns queue statistics, including how many messages are in the queue, categorized by status.

## 4.2 Parameters

None.

## 4.3 Code sample

    $queue->getStats();