CloudQueue.CreateIfNotExist Method

static void CreateQueueAndAddMessages(Uri queueEndpoint, string accountName, string accountKey)
{
    //Create service client for credentialed access to the Queue service.
    CloudQueueClient queueClient = new CloudQueueClient(queueEndpoint,
        new StorageCredentialsAccountAndKey(accountName, accountKey));

    //Get a reference to a queue in this storage account.
    CloudQueue queue = queueClient.GetQueueReference("myqueue");
    //Create the queue if it does not already exist.
    queue.CreateIfNotExist();

    //Clear any existing messages from the queue.
    queue.Clear();

    //Create some new messages.
    CloudQueueMessage msg1 = new CloudQueueMessage("message1");
    CloudQueueMessage msg2 = new CloudQueueMessage("message2");
    CloudQueueMessage msg3 = new CloudQueueMessage("message3");
            
    //Add the messages to the queue.
    queue.AddMessage(msg1);
    queue.AddMessage(msg2);
    //Add the message with a time-to-live of one hour.
    queue.AddMessage(msg3, new TimeSpan(1, 0, 0));

   //Get one message from the queue.
   CloudQueueMessage msgRead = queue.GetMessage();

   //If the message is not null, display it.
   if (msgRead != null)
   {
      Console.WriteLine(msgRead.AsString);
      Console.WriteLine();

      //After reading the message, the client should delete it.
      queue.DeleteMessage(msgRead);
   }
   else
   {
      Console.WriteLine("The queue contains no messages.");
      Console.WriteLine();
   }
                
   //Get up to 10 messages from the queue.
   foreach (var msg in queue.GetMessages(10))
   {
      Console.WriteLine(msg.AsString);
      queue.DeleteMessage(msg);
   }
}