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  • Cloud Queues 1.0
  • Getting started
    • Get your credentials
    • Send API requests to Rackspace Cloud Queues
      • Convert cURL examples to run on Windows
    • Authenticate to the Rackspace Cloud
      • Authenticate by using cURL
      • Send an authentication request
      • Review the authentication response
      • Configure environment variables
    • Rackspace Cloud Queues Concepts
      • How Cloud Queues works
      • Messaging patterns
      • Use cases
    • Manage queues and process messages
      • Creating a queue
      • Posting messages
      • Claiming messages for processing
      • Deleting messages
      • Releasing a claim
      • Deleting a queue
  • General API information
    • Service access endpoints
    • Request and response types
    • Limits
      • Rate limits
      • Absolute limits
    • Faults
    • Date and time format
    • Role-based access control (RBAC)
      • Assigning roles to account users
      • Roles available for Cloud Queues
      • Multiproduct global roles and permissions
      • Resolving conflicts between RBAC multi-product vs. custom (product-specific) roles
      • RBAC permissions cross-reference to Cloud Queues API operations
  • API reference
    • Home document
      • Get home document
    • Queues
      • List queues
      • Create queue
      • Delete queue
      • Check queue existence
      • Set queue metadata
      • Show queue metadata
      • Show queue stats
    • Messages
      • Post message
      • Get messages
      • Get messages by ID
      • Bulk-delete messages by ID
      • Show message details
      • Delete message
    • Claims
      • Claim messages
      • Query claim
      • Update claim
      • Release claim
  • Release Notes
    • API 1.0 updates, March 4, 2015
      • What's new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • API 1.0 updates, January 19, 2015
      • What's new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • API 1.0 updates - March 4, 2014
      • What's new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • API 1.0 updates, January 22, 2014
      • What's new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • API 1.0 updates, December 19, 2013
      • What's new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • API 1.0 updates, December 12, 2013
      • What's new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • API 1.0 UA release, November 4, 2013
      • What's new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • API 1.0 LA release, October 9, 2013
      • What's new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
  • Service updates
  • Additional resources
  • Disclaimer

Release Notes#

  • API 1.0 updates, March 4, 2015
  • API 1.0 updates, January 19, 2015
  • API 1.0 updates - March 4, 2014
  • API 1.0 updates, January 22, 2014
  • API 1.0 updates, December 19, 2013
  • API 1.0 updates, December 12, 2013
  • API 1.0 UA release, November 4, 2013
  • API 1.0 LA release, October 9, 2013

Learn about new features, enhancements, known issues, resolved issues, and other important details about Rackspace Cloud Queues API 1.0 service updates.

Note

For information about using the API, see the documentation overview.

API 1.0 updates, March 4, 2015#

What's new#

The London endpoint was removed. Rackspace now has one global endpoint for authentication using the Identity service.

Resolved issues#

None for this release

Known issues#

None for this release

API 1.0 updates, January 19, 2015#

What's new#

The maximum value for the limit parameter was changed to 100 for the claim messages operation.

Resolved issues#

None for this release

Known issues#

None for this release

API 1.0 updates - March 4, 2014#

What's new#

In this release, billing begins for the Cloud Queues service. As part of the Rackspace Cloud, your use of the Rackspace Cloud Queues API will be billed according to the pricing schedule on the Cloud Queues product page.

Resolved issues#

None for this release

Known issues#

None for this release

API 1.0 updates, January 22, 2014#

What's new#

  • The maximum size of posted messages is now the maximum size of the entire request document, including whitespace, rather than the sum of the individual message "body" parameter values.

    On error, the client is now notified by how much the request exceeded the limit.

  • The maximum size of metadata is now the maximum size of the document, including whitespace.

Resolved issues#

None for this release

Known issues#

None for this release

API 1.0 updates, December 19, 2013#

What's new#

For the post message operation, you must now include at least a single message in a JSON array or you will receive the error message Invalid request body.

Resolved issues#

None for this release

Known issues#

None for this release

API 1.0 updates, December 12, 2013#

What's new#

You can no longer use the claim_id parameter when issuing the operation to get messages by ID.

Resolved issues#

None for this release

Known issues#

None for this release

API 1.0 UA release, November 4, 2013#

What's new#

This is the initial Unlimited Availability (UA) release of the Rackspace Cloud Queues API.

Resolved issues#

None for this release

Known issues#

None for this release

API 1.0 LA release, October 9, 2013#

What's new#

This is the initial Limited Access (LA) release of the Rackspace Cloud Queues API.

Resolved issues#

None for this release

Known issues#

None for this release

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