Azure Storage - Put message |
Declaration
<AMAZURESTORAGE ACTIVITY="put_message" QUEUE="text" FILE="text" TIMETOLIVE="number" PROTOCOL="text (options)" ACCOUNTNAME="text" ACCESSKEY="text (encrypted)" BLOBENDPOINT="text" QUEUEENDPOINT="text" TABLEENDPOINT="text" TIMEOUT="number" PROXYTYPE="text (options)" PROXYSERVER="text" PROXYPORT="number" PROXYUSERNAME="text" PROXYPASSWORD="text (encrypted)" /> |
Description
Adds a new message to the back of the message queue. A "timeout" can also be specified to make the message invisible until the visibility timeout expires.
Practical Usage
Commonly used to transfer messages between applications or services across a private or public cloud environment.
Parameters
Connection
Property |
Type |
Required |
Default |
Markup |
Description |
Connection |
Indicates where user credentials and preferences should originate from. This is a design mode parameter used only during task construction and configuration, thus, comprises no markup. The available options are:
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Session |
Text |
Yes if connection is session-based |
AzureStorageSession1 |
SESSION="MyAzureSession" |
The name of an existing session to associate this activity with. This parameter is active only if the Connection parameter is set to Session. The default session name is 'AzureStorageSession1'. |
Account name |
Text |
Yes if connection is host-based |
(Empty) |
ACCOUNTNAME="myaccount" |
The globally unique name of the Windows Azure storage account. This parameter is active only if the Connection parameter is set to Host. |
Access key |
Text |
Yes if connection is host-based |
(Empty) |
ACCESSKEY="[AccessKey]" |
The primary or secondary access key (each composed of 88 ASCII characters) used to authorize access to Azure Storage. This parameter is active only if the Connection parameter is set to Host. |
Protocol |
Text (options) |
No |
HTTPS |
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The type of protocol used to access Azure Storage. The available options are:
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Timeout (seconds) |
Number |
No |
90 |
TIMEOUT="180" |
The timeout interval (in seconds) for requests made to the storage service. If the timeout elapses before a server response is returned, the operation times out and the service returns an error. The default timeout value is 90 seconds. |
Blob endpoint URI |
Text |
No |
(Empty) |
BLOBENDPOINT="http://
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Queue endpoint URI |
Text |
No |
(Empty) |
QUEUEENDPOINT="http://
|
The
endpoint for the Queue service, as configured for the Azure storage
account. The default Queue service endpoint is |
Table endpoint URI |
Text |
No |
(Empty) |
TABLEENDPOINT="http://
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Proxy type |
Text (options) |
No |
System default |
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The type of proxy server to connect through (if required). The available options are:
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Proxy server |
Text |
No |
(Empty) |
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The host name (server.domain.com) or IP address (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) of the proxy server. This parameter is active only if the Proxy type parameter is set to HTTP. |
Proxy port |
Number |
No |
808 |
PROXYPORT="8080" |
The port that is used by the proxy server for client connections. The default value is 808. This parameter is active only if the Proxy type parameter is set to HTTP. |
Use authentication |
If enabled, specifies that the proxy requires authentication before granting access to resources. If disabled (default), no authentication is required. This parameter is active only if the Proxy type parameter is set to HTTP. This is a visual mode parameter only used during design time, therefore, contains no markup. |
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Proxy username |
Text |
No |
(Empty) |
PROXYUSERNAME="theUsername" |
The username to authenticate with the proxy server. This parameter is active only if Use authentication parameter is enabled. |
Proxy password |
Text |
No |
(Empty) |
PROXYPASSWORD="[encrypted]" |
The password to authenticate with the proxy server. This parameter is active only if Use authentication parameter is enabled. |
message
Property |
Type |
Required |
Default |
Markup |
Description |
Queue name |
Text |
Yes |
(Empty) |
QUEUE="myMessageQueue" |
The name of the queue in which to add a new message. |
Text |
Text |
No |
(Empty) |
TEXT="theMessageString" |
If enabled, specifies that the value entered in the provided text box will be the new message to add. Enabling this parameter automatically disables the File parameter and vice versa. |
File |
Text |
No |
(Empty) |
SOURCE="C:\PDFFileName.pdf" |
If enabled, specifies that the new message will derive from the contents of the file specified. Enter the full path and file name in the provided text box. Enabling this parameter automatically disables the Text parameter and vice versa. |
Time to live (seconds) |
Number |
No |
(Empty) |
TIMETOLIVE="240" |
The amount of seconds a message will remain in the queue. The message will be deleted from the queue when the time-to-live period expires. |
Example
- The sample AML code below can be copied and pasted directly into the Steps Panel of the Task Builder.
- Parameters containing user credentials, files, file paths, and/or other information specific to the task must be customized before the sample code can run successfully.
Description
This task creates an Azure Storage session which creates a queue, sets queue metadata, adds a message to the newly created queue and ends the session.
<!-- Create session --> <AMAZURESTORAGE ACTIVITY="create_session" ACCOUNTNAME="netauto" ACCESSKEY="AM2mJqp3fCmbN7smszdg6YY3g==aME" SESSION="myQueueSession" /> <!-- Create queue --> <AMAZURESTORAGE ACTIVITY="create_queue" QUEUE="myqueue" PROVIDER="session_based" SESSION="myQueueSession" /> <!-- Set queue metadata --> <AMAZURESTORAGE ACTIVITY="set_queue_metadata" QUEUE="myqueue" PROVIDER="session_based" SESSION="myQueueSession"><METADATA NAME="Office" VALUE="Automation" /></AMAZURESTORAGE> <!-- Add message to queue --> <AMAZURESTORAGE ACTIVITY="put_message" QUEUE="myqueue" FILE="C:\temp\output.txt" PROVIDER="session_based" SESSION="myQueueSession" /> <!-- End Session --> <AMAZURESTORAGE ACTIVITY="end_session" SESSION="myQueueSession" /> |