IAmazonSQS.CreateQueue Method (CreateQueueRequest)

Creates a new standard or FIFO queue. You can pass one or more attributes in the request. Keep the following in mind:

If you don't specify the FifoQueue attribute, Amazon SQS creates a standard queue.
You can't change the queue type after you create it and you can't convert an existing standard queue into a FIFO queue. You must either create a new FIFO queue for your application or delete your existing standard queue and recreate it as a FIFO queue. For more information, see Moving From a standard queue to a FIFO queue in the Amazon SQS Developer Guide.
If you don't provide a value for an attribute, the queue is created with the default value for the attribute.
If you delete a queue, you must wait at least 60 seconds before creating a queue with the same name.

To successfully create a new queue, you must provide a queue name that adheres to the limits related to queues and is unique within the scope of your queues.

After you create a queue, you must wait at least one second after the queue is created to be able to use the queue.

To retrieve the URL of a queue, use the GetQueueUrl action. This action only requires the QueueName parameter.

When creating queues, keep the following points in mind:

If you specify the name of an existing queue and provide the exact same names and values for all its attributes, the CreateQueue action will return the URL of the existing queue instead of creating a new one.
If you attempt to create a queue with a name that already exists but with different attribute names or values, the CreateQueue action will return an error. This ensures that existing queues are not inadvertently altered.

Cross-account permissions don't apply to this action. For more information, see Grant cross-account permissions to a role and a username in the Amazon SQS Developer Guide.

Note:

For .NET Core this operation is only available in asynchronous form. Please refer to CreateQueueAsync.

Namespace: Amazon.SQS
Assembly: AWSSDK.SQS.dll
Version: 3.x.y.z

Syntax

public abstract CreateQueueResponse CreateQueue(
         CreateQueueRequest request
)

Parameters

request: Type: Amazon.SQS.Model.CreateQueueRequest

Container for the necessary parameters to execute the CreateQueue service method.

Return Value

Type: CreateQueueResponse

The response from the CreateQueue service method, as returned by SQS.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
InvalidAddressException	The specified ID is invalid.
InvalidAttributeNameException	The specified attribute doesn't exist.
InvalidAttributeValueException	A queue attribute value is invalid.
InvalidSecurityException	The request was not made over HTTPS or did not use SigV4 for signing.
QueueDeletedRecentlyException	You must wait 60 seconds after deleting a queue before you can create another queue with the same name.
QueueNameExistsException	A queue with this name already exists. Amazon SQS returns this error only if the request includes attributes whose values differ from those of the existing queue.
RequestThrottledException	The request was denied due to request throttling. Exceeds the permitted request rate for the queue or for the recipient of the request. Ensure that the request rate is within the Amazon SQS limits for sending messages. For more information, see Amazon SQS quotas in the Amazon SQS Developer Guide.
UnsupportedOperationException	Error code 400. Unsupported operation.

Examples

This example shows how to create a queue.

Create queue example

var client = new AmazonSQSClient();

var attrs = new Dictionary<string, string>();

// Maximum message size of 256 KiB (1,024 bytes * 256 KiB = 262,144 bytes).
int maxMessage = 256 * 1024;

attrs.Add(QueueAttributeName.DelaySeconds,
  TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5).TotalSeconds.ToString());
attrs.Add(QueueAttributeName.MaximumMessageSize, maxMessage.ToString());
attrs.Add(QueueAttributeName.MessageRetentionPeriod,
  TimeSpan.FromDays(4).TotalSeconds.ToString());
attrs.Add(QueueAttributeName.ReceiveMessageWaitTimeSeconds,
  TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5).TotalSeconds.ToString());
attrs.Add(QueueAttributeName.VisibilityTimeout,
  TimeSpan.FromHours(12).TotalSeconds.ToString());

var request = new CreateQueueRequest
{
    Attributes = attrs,
    QueueName = "MyTestQueue"
};

var response = await client.CreateQueueAsync(request);

Console.WriteLine("Queue URL: " + response.QueueUrl);

The following operation creates an SQS queue named MyQueue.

Create an SQS queue


var client = new AmazonSQSClient();
var response = client.CreateQueue(new CreateQueueRequest 
{
    QueueName = "MyQueue", // The Name for the new queue
    Attributes = new Dictionary<string, string> {
        { "foo", "bar" },
        { "ghoti", "fish" }
    }
});

string queueUrl = response.QueueUrl; // The URL of the new queue

Version Information

.NET Framework:
Supported in: 4.7.2 and newer

IAmazonSQS.CreateQueue (CreateQueueRequest)

Method