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