The Get Queue ACL operation returns details about any stored access policies specified on the queue that may be used with Shared Access Signatures. For more information, see Establishing a Stored Access Policy.
Note
The Get Queue ACL operation is available in version 2012-02-12 and newer.
Request
The Get Queue ACL request may be constructed as follows. HTTPS is recommended. Replace myaccount with the name of your storage account:
| Method | Request URI | HTTP Version |
|---|---|---|
GET/HEAD |
https://myaccount.queue.core.windows.net/myqueue?comp=acl |
HTTP/1.1 |
Emulated Storage Service URI
When making a request against the emulated storage service, specify the emulator hostname and Queue service port as 127.0.0.1:10001, followed by the emulated storage account name:
| Method | Request URI | HTTP Version |
|---|---|---|
GET/HEAD |
http://127.0.0.1:10001/devstoreaccount1/myqueue?comp=acl |
HTTP/1.1 |
For more information, see Differences Between the Storage Emulator and Azure Storage Services.
URI Parameters
The following additional parameters may be specified on the request URI.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
timeout |
Optional. The timeout parameter is expressed in seconds. For more information, seeSetting Timeouts for Queue Service Operations. |
Request Headers
The following table describes required and optional request headers.
| Request Header | Description |
|---|---|
Authorization |
Required. Specifies the authentication scheme, account name, and signature. For more information, see Authentication for the Azure Storage Services. |
Date or x-ms-date |
Required. Specifies the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) for the request. For more information, see Authentication for the Azure Storage Services. |
x-ms-version |
Required for all authenticated requests. Specifies the version of the operation to use for this request. For more information, see Versioning for the Azure Storage Services. |
x-ms-client-request-id |
Optional. Provides a client-generated, opaque value with a 1 KB character limit that is recorded in the analytics logs when storage analytics logging is enabled. Using this header is highly recommended for correlating client-side activities with requests received by the server. For more information, see About Storage Analytics Logging and Azure Logging: Using Logs to Track Storage Requests. |
Request Body
None.
Response
The response includes an HTTP status code, a set of response headers, and a response body.
Status Code
A successful operation returns status code 200 (OK).
For information about status codes, see Status and Error Codes.
Response Headers
The response for this operation includes the following headers. The response may also include additional standard HTTP headers. All standard headers conform to the HTTP/1.1 protocol specification.
| Response header | Description |
|---|---|
x-ms-request-id |
This header uniquely identifies the request that was made and can be used for troubleshooting the request. For more information, see Troubleshooting API Operations. |
x-ms-version |
Indicates the version of the Queue service used to execute the request. This header is returned for requests made against version 2009-09-19 and later. |
Date |
A UTC date/time value generated by the service that indicates the time at which the response was initiated. |
Response Body
If a stored access policy has been specified for the queue, Get Queue ACL returns the signed identifier and access policy in the response body.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<SignedIdentifiers>
<SignedIdentifier>
<Id>unique-value</Id>
<AccessPolicy>
<Start>start-time</Start>
<Expiry>expiry-time</Expiry>
<Permission>abbreviated-permission-list</Permission>
</AccessPolicy>
</SignedIdentifier>
</SignedIdentifiers>
Sample Response
Response Status:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Response Headers:
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 20:28:22 GMT
x-ms-version: 2012-02-12
Server: Windows-Azure-Queue/1.0 Microsoft-HTTPAPI/2.0
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<SignedIdentifiers>
<SignedIdentifier>
<Id>MTIzNDU2Nzg5MDEyMzQ1Njc4OTAxMjM0NTY3ODkwMTI=</Id>
<AccessPolicy>
<Start>2009-09-28T08:49:37.0000000Z</Start>
<Expiry>2009-09-29T08:49:37.0000000Z</Expiry>
<Permission>raup</Permission>
</AccessPolicy>
</SignedIdentifier>
</SignedIdentifiers>
Authorization
Only the account owner may call this operation.
Remarks
Only the account owner may read queue data in a particular storage account, unless the account owner has made resources in the queue available via a Shared Access Signature.
See Also
Establishing a Stored Access Policy
Establishing a Stored Access Policy
Set Queue ACL
Authentication for the Azure Storage Services
Status and Error Codes

