# `queue` – Queue class

Synchronized queues.

The `eventlet.queue` module implements multi-producer, multi-consumer queues that work across greenlets, with the API similar to the classes found in the standard `Queue` and `multiprocessing` modules.

A major difference is that queues in this module operate as channels when initialized with maxsize of zero. In such case, both `Queue.empty()` and `Queue.full()` return `True` and `Queue.put()` always blocks until a call to `Queue.get()` retrieves the item.

An interesting difference, made possible because of greenthreads, is that `Queue.qsize()`, `Queue.empty()`, and `Queue.full()` can be used as indicators of whether the subsequent `Queue.get()` or `Queue.put()` will not block. The new methods `Queue.getting()` and `Queue.putting()` report on the number of greenthreads blocking in `put` or `get` respectively.

exception eventlet.queue.Empty

  Exception raised by Queue.get(block=0)/get_nowait().

exception eventlet.queue.Full

  Exception raised by Queue.put(block=0)/put_nowait().

class eventlet.queue.LifoQueue(maxsize=None)

  A subclass of `Queue` that retrieves most recently added entries first.

class eventlet.queue.LightQueue(maxsize=None)

  This is a variant of Queue that behaves mostly like the standard `Stdlib_Queue`. It differs by not supporting the `task_done` or `join` methods, and is a little faster for not having that overhead.

  empty()

    Return `True` if the queue is empty, `False` otherwise.

  full()

    Return `True` if the queue is full, `False` otherwise.

    `Queue(None)` is never full.

  get(block=True, timeout=None)

    Remove and return an item from the queue.

    If optional args block is true and timeout is `None` (the default), block if necessary until an item is available. If timeout is a positive number, it blocks at most timeout seconds and raises the `Empty` exception if no item was available within that time. Otherwise (block is false), return an item if one is immediately available, else raise the `Empty` exception (timeout is ignored in that case).

  get_nowait()

    Remove and return an item from the queue without blocking.

    Only get an item if one is immediately available. Otherwise raise the `Empty` exception.

  getting()

    Returns the number of greenthreads that are blocked waiting on an empty queue.

  put(item, block=True, timeout=None)

    Put an item into the queue.

    If optional arg block is true and timeout is `None` (the default), block if necessary until a free slot is available. If timeout is a positive number, it blocks at most timeout seconds and raises the `Full` exception if no free slot was available within that time. Otherwise (block is false), put an item on the queue if a free slot is immediately available, else raise the `Full` exception (timeout is ignored in that case).

  put_nowait(item)

    Put an item into the queue without blocking.

    Only enqueue the item if a free slot is immediately available. Otherwise raise the `Full` exception.

  putting()

    Returns the number of greenthreads that are blocked waiting to put items into the queue.

  qsize()

    Return the size of the queue.

  resize(size)

    Resizes the queue’s maximum size.

    If the size is increased, and there are putters waiting, they may be woken up.

class eventlet.queue.PriorityQueue(maxsize=None)

  A subclass of `Queue` that retrieves entries in priority order (lowest first).

  Entries are typically tuples of the form: `(priority number, data)`.

class eventlet.queue.Queue(maxsize=None)

  Create a queue object with a given maximum size.

  If maxsize is less than zero or `None`, the queue size is infinite.

  `Queue(0)` is a channel, that is, its `put()` method always blocks until the item is delivered. (This is unlike the standard `Stdlib_Queue`, where 0 means infinite size).

  In all other respects, this Queue class resembles the standard library, `Stdlib_Queue`.

  join()

    Block until all items in the queue have been gotten and processed.

    The count of unfinished tasks goes up whenever an item is added to the queue. The count goes down whenever a consumer thread calls `task_done()` to indicate that the item was retrieved and all work on it is complete. When the count of unfinished tasks drops to zero, `join()` unblocks.

  task_done()

    Indicate that a formerly enqueued task is complete. Used by queue consumer threads. For each `get` used to fetch a task, a subsequent call to `task_done()` tells the queue that the processing on the task is complete.

    If a `join()` is currently blocking, it will resume when all items have been processed (meaning that a `task_done()` call was received for every item that had been `put` into the queue).

    Raises a `ValueError` if called more times than there were items placed in the queue.