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Purges a queue by deleting all of its tasks. All tasks created before
this method is called are permanently deleted. Purge operations can take
up to one minute to take effect. Tasks might be dispatched before the
purge takes effect. A purge is irreversible.
Arguments
Parameters
name
string
Required. The queue name. For example: projects/PROJECT_ID/location/LOCATION_ID/queues/QUEUE_ID
Raised exceptions
Exceptions
ConnectionError
In case of a network problem (such as DNS failure or refused connection).
HttpError
If the response status is >= 400 (excluding 429 and 503).
TimeoutError
If a long-running operation takes longer to finish than the specified timeout limit.
TypeError
If an operation or function receives an argument of the wrong type.
ValueError
If an operation or function receives an argument of the right type but an inappropriate value. For example, a negative timeout.
Response
If successful, the response contains an instance of Queue.
Subworkflow snippet
Some fields might be optional or required.
To identify required fields, refer to the API documentation.
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