Delete a queue

Deletes a queue.

Code sample

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud Tasks, see Cloud Tasks client libraries.

To authenticate to Cloud Tasks, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2.CloudTasksClient;
import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2.QueueName;
import java.io.IOException;

public class DeleteQueue {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "my-project-id";
    String locationId = "us-central1";
    String queueId = "my-queue";
    deleteQueue(projectId, locationId, queueId);
  }

  // Delete a queue using the Cloud Tasks client.
  public static void deleteQueue(String projectId, String locationId, String queueId)
      throws IOException {

    // Instantiates a client.
    try (CloudTasksClient client = CloudTasksClient.create()) {

      // Construct the fully qualified queue path.
      String queuePath = QueueName.of(projectId, locationId, queueId).toString();

      // Send delete queue request.
      client.deleteQueue(queuePath);

      System.out.println("Queue deleted: " + queueId);
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud Tasks, see Cloud Tasks client libraries.

To authenticate to Cloud Tasks, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

// Imports the Google Cloud Tasks library.
const cloudTasks = require('@google-cloud/tasks');

// Instantiates a client.
const client = new cloudTasks.CloudTasksClient();

async function deleteQueue() {
  // Get the fully qualified path to the queue
  const name = client.queuePath(project, location, queue);

  // Send delete queue request.
  await client.deleteQueue({name});
  console.log(`Deleted queue '${queue}'.`);
}
deleteQueue();

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud Tasks, see Cloud Tasks client libraries.

To authenticate to Cloud Tasks, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

from google.cloud import tasks_v2


def delete_queue(project: str, location: str, queue_id: str) -> None:
    """Delete a queue.
    Args:
        project: The project ID where the queue is located.
        location: The location ID where the queue is located.
        queue_id: The ID of the queue to delete.
    """

    # Create a client.
    client = tasks_v2.CloudTasksClient()

    # Use the client to send a DeleteQueueRequest.
    client.delete_queue(
        tasks_v2.DeleteQueueRequest(name=client.queue_path(project, location, queue_id))
    )

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