azure-storage-queue

Microsoft Azure Azure Queue Storage Client Library for Python

azure-storage-queue Permissive license MIT License Active ★ 5,587 v12.17.0 released 2026-06-08

Install

azure-storage-queue on PyPI

pip

pip install azure-storage-queue

uv

uv add azure-storage-queue

poetry

poetry add azure-storage-queue

Package facts

License	MIT License (permissive)
Python support	supports the current Python release (>=3.9)
Install friction	low — pure-Python wheel
Runtime dependencies	4 — azure-core, cryptography, typing-extensions, isodate
Maintenance	actively maintained — 66 days since the last release
Last repo commit	2026-08-13
First released	2017-10-05
Popularity	one of the top 1,000 most-downloaded packages on PyPI (30-day window, as of 2026-08-13)
Known vulnerabilities	none known (OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-13)

Evidence: azure_storage_queue-12.17.0-py3-none-any.whl

Keywords: azure, azure sdk

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About azure-storage-queue

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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

Getting started

Prerequisites

Python 3.9 or later is required to use this package. For more details, please read our page on [Azure SDK...

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Client library for Azure Queue Storage, enabling asynchronous message queuing and work distribution across distributed applications via HTTP/HTTPS.

Low friction: pure Python wheel with four stable runtime dependencies (azure-core, cryptography, typing-extensions, isodate). Actively maintained by Microsoft with recent releases and a well-resourced repository.

MIT License permits commercial use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions—a permissive choice aligned with Microsoft's open-source SDK strategy.

Usage

pip install azure-storage-queue

from azure.storage.queue import QueueServiceClient

service = QueueServiceClient(
    account_url="https://<account>.queue.core.windows.net/",
    credential="<access-key-or-sas-token>"
)

Requires Python 3.9 or later and an active Azure subscription with a configured storage account and valid credentials (shared key, SAS token, or AAD token).

Verdict: Production-ready, actively maintained Azure SDK component with no known vulnerabilities, permissive licensing, and low install friction. Suitable for applications requiring cloud-hosted message queuing; requires Azure account setup and credential management.

Needs verification

Performance characteristics and throughput limits under production load
Retry and backoff behavior for transient Azure service failures
Cost implications of queue operations in typical workloads

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