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[Queues](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/queues)

[Messages](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/queues/subresources/messages)

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# Push Message

POST/accounts/{account\_id}/queues/{queue\_id}/messages

Pushes a message to a Queue.

##### Security

<details>

<summary>API Token</summary>



The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. <a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/">Create a token</a>.

**Example:**<code>Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY</code>

</details>

<details>

<summary>API Email + API Key</summary>



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

**Example:**<code>X-Auth-Email: user@example.com</code>

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

**Example:**<code>X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194</code>

</details>

##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required)

`Queues Write``Workers Scripts Write`

##### P ath ParametersExpand Collapse

account\_id: string

A Resource identifier.

maxLength32

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queue\_id: string

A Resource identifier.

maxLength32

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##### Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse

<details>

<summary>

body: optional object {body, content\_type, delay\_seconds } or object {body, content\_type, delay\_seconds }

</summary>

One of the following:

<details>

<summary>

MqQueueMessageText object {body, content\_type, delay\_seconds }

</summary>

body: optional string

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content\_type: optional "text"

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delay\_seconds: optional number

The number of seconds to wait for attempting to deliver this message to consumers

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</details>

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<details>

<summary>

MqQueueMessageJson object {body, content\_type, delay\_seconds }

</summary>

body: optional unknown

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content\_type: optional "json"

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delay\_seconds: optional number

The number of seconds to wait for attempting to deliver this message to consumers

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</details>

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##### ReturnsExpand Collapse

<details>

<summary>

errors: optional array of <a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/$shared#(resource)%20%24shared%20%3E%20(model)%20response_info%20%3E%20(schema)">ResponseInfo</a> { code, message, documentation\_url, source }

minLength1

</summary>

code: number

minimum1000

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message: string

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documentation\_url: optional string

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<details>

<summary>

source: optional object {pointer }

</summary>

pointer: optional string

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</details>

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</details>

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messages: optional array of string

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<details>

<summary>

result: optional object {metadata }

</summary>

<details>

<summary>

metadata: optional object {metrics }

</summary>

<details>

<summary>

metrics: optional object {backlog\_bytes, backlog\_count, oldest\_message\_timestamp\_ms }

Best-effort metrics for the queue. Values may be approximate due to the distributed nature of queues.

</summary>

backlog\_bytes: number

The size in bytes of unacknowledged messages in the queue.

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backlog\_count: number

The number of unacknowledged messages in the queue.

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oldest\_message\_timestamp\_ms: number

Unix timestamp in milliseconds of the oldest unacknowledged message in the queue. Returns 0 if unknown.

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</details>

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</details>

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success: optional true

Indicates if the API call was successful or not.

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### Push Message

HTTP

HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform

```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/queues/$QUEUE_ID/messages \
    -X POST \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
```

200 example

```
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 7003,
      "message": "No route for the URI",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    "string"
  ],
  "result": {
    "metadata": {
      "metrics": {
        "backlog_bytes": 1024,
        "backlog_count": 5,
        "oldest_message_timestamp_ms": 1710950954154
      }
    }
  },
  "success": true
}
```

##### Returns Examples

200 example

```
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 7003,
      "message": "No route for the URI",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    "string"
  ],
  "result": {
    "metadata": {
      "metrics": {
        "backlog_bytes": 1024,
        "backlog_count": 5,
        "oldest_message_timestamp_ms": 1710950954154
      }
    }
  },
  "success": true
}
```