Queue Storage — TypeScript SDK Quick Reference

Condensed from azure-storage-queue-ts. Full patterns (SAS generation, poison message handling, visibility extension, message encoding) in the azure-storage-queue-ts plugin skill if installed.

Install

npm install @azure/storage-queue @azure/identity

Quick Start

import { QueueServiceClient } from "@azure/storage-queue";
import { DefaultAzureCredential } from "@azure/identity";
const client = new QueueServiceClient(`https://${accountName}.queue.core.windows.net`, new DefaultAzureCredential());

Best Practices

• Use DefaultAzureCredential for local development only — in production, use ManagedIdentityCredential. See auth-best-practices.md
• Always delete after processing — prevent duplicate processing
• Handle poison messages — move failed messages to a dead-letter queue
• Use appropriate visibility timeout — set based on expected processing time
• Extend visibility for long tasks — update message to prevent timeout
• Use JSON for structured data — serialize objects to JSON strings
• Check dequeueCount — detect repeatedly failing messages
• Use batch receive — receive multiple messages for efficiency