GetQueueAttributes - Simple Message Queue (formerly MNS)

Retrieves the properties of a created queue.

Operation description

Warning

To optimize service performance, Message Service (MNS) will soon unpublish the return values for the following fields. These fields will then return a default value of 0:
- ActiveMessages
- InactiveMessages
- DelayMessages

You can use the following methods to obtain the alternative metrics:

Use the CloudMonitor OpenAPI to retrieve queue metrics. For more information, see the CloudMonitor OpenAPI documentation.
Refer to the CloudMonitor metrics documentation. The following list shows the mapping between the deprecated fields and the new metrics:
- ActiveMessages → CloudMonitor metric NumberOfMessagesVisible
- InactiveMessages → CloudMonitor metric NumberOfMessagesInvisible
- DelayMessages → CloudMonitor metric NumberOfMessagesDelayed

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.
API: The API that you can call to perform the action.
Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.
Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.
- For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.
- For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.
Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.
Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

mns:GetQueueAttributes

get

*Queue

acs:mns:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:/queues/{#QueueName}

None

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
QueueName	string	Yes	The name of the queue.	demo-queue
Tag	array<object>	No	A list of resource tags.
	object	No	A tag key-value pair.
Key	string	No	The key of the tag.	tag1
Value	string	No	The value of the tag.	test

Response elements

Element	Type	Description	Example
	object
RequestId	string	The ID of the request.	06273500-249F-5863-121D-74D51123****
Code	integer	The response code.	200
Status	string	The status of the response.	Success
Message	string	The response message.	operation success
Success	boolean	Indicates whether the request was successful.	true
Data	object	The response data.
QueueName	string	The name of the queue.	demo-queue
CreateTime	integer	The time when the queue was created.	1250700999
LastModifyTime	integer	The time when the queue properties were last modified. The value is a Unix timestamp in seconds.	1250700999
DelaySeconds	integer	The delay period for all messages that are sent to the queue. Messages can be consumed only after the specified delay period. Unit: seconds.	30
MaximumMessageSize	integer	The maximum size of a message body that can be sent to the queue. Unit: bytes.	65536
MessageRetentionPeriod	integer	The maximum time to live (TTL) for a message in the queue. After the specified period, the message is deleted, regardless of whether it has been consumed. Unit: seconds.	65536
VisibilityTimeout	integer	The duration for which a message remains in the Inactive state after it is retrieved from the queue. Valid values: 1 to 43200. Unit: seconds. Default value: 30.	60
PollingWaitSeconds	integer	The maximum time that a ReceiveMessage request can wait for a message if the queue is empty. Unit: seconds.	0
ActiveMessages	integer	The total number of messages in the Active state in the queue. This is an approximate value. Warning This field will be unpublished and will default to 0. Do not use this field. Use the CloudMonitor API to get the metric instead.	0
InactiveMessages	integer	The total number of messages in the Inactive state in the queue. This is an approximate value. Warning This field will be unpublished and will default to 0. Do not use this field. Use the CloudMonitor API to get the metric instead.	0
DelayMessages	integer	The total number of messages in the Delayed state in the queue. This is an approximate value. Warning This field will be unpublished and will default to 0. Do not use this field. Use the CloudMonitor API to get the metric instead.	0
LoggingEnabled	boolean	Indicates whether Log Management is enabled. True: Enabled. False: Disabled.	True
Tags	array<object>	A list of resource tags.
	object	A tag key-value pair.
TagKey	string	The key of the tag.	tag1
TagValue	string	The value of the tag.	test
DlqPolicy	object	The dead-letter queue policy.
Enabled	boolean	Indicates whether dead-letter message delivery is enabled.	true
DeadLetterTargetQueue	string	The target queue for dead-letter message delivery.	deadLetterTargetQueue
MaxReceiveCount	string	The maximum number of times a message can be delivered.	3
TenantRateLimitPolicy	object	The rate-limiting policy.
Enabled	boolean	Indicates whether rate limiting is enabled. Valid values: true false	true
MaxReceivesPerSecond	integer	The maximum number of receives per second.	1000
QueueType	string	The type of the queue. Valid values: normal: standard queue fifo: FIFO queue	normal

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "06273500-249F-5863-121D-74D51123****",
  "Code": 200,
  "Status": "Success",
  "Message": "operation success",
  "Success": true,
  "Data": {
    "QueueName": "demo-queue",
    "CreateTime": 1250700999,
    "LastModifyTime": 1250700999,
    "DelaySeconds": 30,
    "MaximumMessageSize": 65536,
    "MessageRetentionPeriod": 65536,
    "VisibilityTimeout": 60,
    "PollingWaitSeconds": 0,
    "ActiveMessages": 0,
    "InactiveMessages": 0,
    "DelayMessages": 0,
    "LoggingEnabled": true,
    "Tags": [
      {
        "TagKey": "tag1",
        "TagValue": "test"
      }
    ],
    "DlqPolicy": {
      "Enabled": true,
      "DeadLetterTargetQueue": "deadLetterTargetQueue",
      "MaxReceiveCount": "3"
    },
    "TenantRateLimitPolicy": {
      "Enabled": true,
      "MaxReceivesPerSecond": 1000
    },
    "QueueType": "normal"
  }
}

Error codes

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Release notes

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