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Update Queue

PATCH/accounts/{account_id}/queues/{queue_id}

Updates a Queue.

Security
API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.

Example:Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY
API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

Example:X-Auth-Email: user@example.com

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

Example:X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194
Accepted Permissions (at least one required)
Queues WriteWorkers Scripts Write
Path ParametersExpand Collapse
account_id: string

A Resource identifier.

maxLength32
queue_id: string

A Resource identifier.

maxLength32
Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse
queue_name: optional string
settings: optional object { delivery_delay, delivery_paused, message_retention_period }
delivery_delay: optional number

Number of seconds to delay delivery of all messages to consumers.

delivery_paused: optional boolean

Indicates if message delivery to consumers is currently paused.

message_retention_period: optional number

Number of seconds after which an unconsumed message will be delayed.

ReturnsExpand Collapse
errors: optional array of ResponseInfo { code, message, documentation_url, source }
minLength1
code: number
minimum1000
message: string
documentation_url: optional string
source: optional object { pointer }
pointer: optional string
messages: optional array of string
result: optional Queue { consumers, consumers_total_count, created_on, 6 more }
consumers: optional array of Consumer
One of the following:
Worker = object { consumer_id, created_on, dead_letter_queue, 4 more }
consumer_id: optional string

A Resource identifier.

maxLength32
created_on: optional string
formatdate-time
dead_letter_queue: optional string

Name of the dead letter queue, or empty string if not configured

queue_name: optional string
script_name: optional string

Name of a Worker

settings: optional object { batch_size, max_concurrency, max_retries, 2 more }
batch_size: optional number

The maximum number of messages to include in a batch.

max_concurrency: optional number

Maximum number of concurrent consumers that may consume from this Queue. Set to null to automatically opt in to the platform's maximum (recommended).

max_retries: optional number

The maximum number of retries

max_wait_time_ms: optional number

The number of milliseconds to wait for a batch to fill up before attempting to deliver it

retry_delay: optional number

The number of seconds to delay before making the message available for another attempt.

type: optional "worker"
HTTPPull = object { consumer_id, created_on, dead_letter_queue, 3 more }
consumer_id: optional string

A Resource identifier.

maxLength32
created_on: optional string
formatdate-time
dead_letter_queue: optional string

Name of the dead letter queue, or empty string if not configured

queue_name: optional string
settings: optional object { batch_size, max_retries, retry_delay, visibility_timeout_ms }
batch_size: optional number

The maximum number of messages to include in a batch.

max_retries: optional number

The maximum number of retries

retry_delay: optional number

The number of seconds to delay before making the message available for another attempt.

visibility_timeout_ms: optional number

The number of milliseconds that a message is exclusively leased. After the timeout, the message becomes available for another attempt.

type: optional "http_pull"
consumers_total_count: optional number
created_on: optional string
modified_on: optional string
producers: optional array of object { script, type } or object { bucket_name, type }
One of the following:
MqWorkerProducer = object { script, type }
script: optional string
type: optional "worker"
MqR2Producer = object { bucket_name, type }
bucket_name: optional string
type: optional "r2_bucket"
producers_total_count: optional number
queue_id: optional string
queue_name: optional string
settings: optional object { delivery_delay, delivery_paused, message_retention_period }
delivery_delay: optional number

Number of seconds to delay delivery of all messages to consumers.

delivery_paused: optional boolean

Indicates if message delivery to consumers is currently paused.

message_retention_period: optional number

Number of seconds after which an unconsumed message will be delayed.

success: optional true

Indicates if the API call was successful or not.

Update Queue

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/queues/$QUEUE_ID \
    -X PATCH \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 7003,
      "message": "No route for the URI",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    "string"
  ],
  "result": {
    "consumers": [
      {
        "consumer_id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
        "created_on": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
        "dead_letter_queue": "dead_letter_queue",
        "queue_name": "example-queue",
        "script_name": "my-consumer-worker",
        "settings": {
          "batch_size": 50,
          "max_concurrency": 10,
          "max_retries": 3,
          "max_wait_time_ms": 5000,
          "retry_delay": 10
        },
        "type": "worker"
      }
    ],
    "consumers_total_count": 0,
    "created_on": "created_on",
    "modified_on": "modified_on",
    "producers": [
      {
        "script": "script",
        "type": "worker"
      }
    ],
    "producers_total_count": 0,
    "queue_id": "queue_id",
    "queue_name": "example-queue",
    "settings": {
      "delivery_delay": 5,
      "delivery_paused": true,
      "message_retention_period": 345600
    }
  },
  "success": true
}
Returns Examples
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 7003,
      "message": "No route for the URI",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    "string"
  ],
  "result": {
    "consumers": [
      {
        "consumer_id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
        "created_on": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
        "dead_letter_queue": "dead_letter_queue",
        "queue_name": "example-queue",
        "script_name": "my-consumer-worker",
        "settings": {
          "batch_size": 50,
          "max_concurrency": 10,
          "max_retries": 3,
          "max_wait_time_ms": 5000,
          "retry_delay": 10
        },
        "type": "worker"
      }
    ],
    "consumers_total_count": 0,
    "created_on": "created_on",
    "modified_on": "modified_on",
    "producers": [
      {
        "script": "script",
        "type": "worker"
      }
    ],
    "producers_total_count": 0,
    "queue_id": "queue_id",
    "queue_name": "example-queue",
    "settings": {
      "delivery_delay": 5,
      "delivery_paused": true,
      "message_retention_period": 345600
    }
  },
  "success": true
}