Publish messages to a topic with a schema

This document shows you how to publish messages to a topic with a schema.

Before you begin

Before configuring the publish workflow, ensure you have completed the following tasks:

• Understand how Pub/Sub schemas work.
• Associate a schema with a topic.

Required roles

To get the permissions that you need to publish messages to a topic, ask your administrator to grant you the Pub/Sub Publisher (roles/pubsub.publisher) IAM role on the topic. For more information about granting roles, see Manage access to projects, folders, and organizations.

You might also be able to get the required permissions through custom roles or other predefined roles.

You need additional permissions to create or update topics and subscriptions.

Publish messages with schema

You can publish messages to a topic that is associated with a schema. You must encode the messages in the schema and format that you specified when you created the topic. A message matches the schema associated with the topic if it matches any of the schema's revision in the allowed range of revisions. Messages are evaluated against revisions in order from the most recent allowed revision until either a match is found or the oldest allowed revision is reached. Pub/Sub adds the following attributes to a message successfully published to a topic associated with a schema:

• googclient_schemaname: The name of the schema used for validation.

• googclient_schemaencoding: The encoding of the message, either JSON or BINARY.

• googclient_schemarevisionid: The revision ID of the schema used to parse and validate the message. Each revision has a unique revision ID associated with it. The revision ID is an auto-generated eight-character UUID.

When a message does not match any of the schema revisions allowed by the topic, Pub/Sub returns an INVALID_ARGUMENT error to the publish request.

Pub/Sub only evaluates messages against schema revisions at publish time. Committing a new new schema revision or changing the schema associated with a topic after publishing a message does not re-evaluate that message nor change any of the attached schema message attributes.

Caution: Deleting a schema or a schema revision is permanent. Any messages that validated against a deleted schema revision at the time of publish cannot be written to BigQuery using a BigQuery subscription with Use topic schema enabled. Instead of deleting a schema or revision, consider rolling back a schema.

You can publish messages to a topic with an associated schema in a Google Cloud project using the Google Cloud console, the gcloud CLI, the Pub/Sub API, or the Cloud Client Libraries.

gcloud

1. In the Google Cloud console, activate Cloud Shell.

   Activate Cloud Shell

   At the bottom of the Google Cloud console, a Cloud Shell session starts and displays a command-line prompt. Cloud Shell is a shell environment with the Google Cloud CLI already installed and with values already set for your current project. It can take a few seconds for the session to initialize.

2. Publish a sample message using the gcloud pubsub topics publish command.

   gcloud pubsub topics publish TOPIC_ID \
       --message=MESSAGE
   

   Replace the following:

• TOPIC_ID: Name of the topic that you already created.

• MESSAGE: Message published to the topic. A sample message can be {"name": "Alaska", "post_abbr": "AK"}.

C++

Before trying this sample, follow the C++ setup instructions in Quickstart: Using Client Libraries. For more information, see the Pub/Sub C++ API reference documentation.

Avro

namespace pubsub = ::google::cloud::pubsub;
using ::google::cloud::future;
using ::google::cloud::StatusOr;
[](pubsub::Publisher publisher) {
  auto constexpr kNewYork =
      R"js({ "name": "New York", "post_abbr": "NY" })js";
  auto constexpr kPennsylvania =
      R"js({ "name": "Pennsylvania", "post_abbr": "PA" })js";
  std::vector<future<void>> done;
  auto handler = [](future<StatusOr<std::string>> f) {
    auto id = f.get();
    if (!id) throw std::move(id).status();
  };
  for (auto const* data : {kNewYork, kPennsylvania}) {
    done.push_back(
        publisher.Publish(pubsub::MessageBuilder{}.SetData(data).Build())
            .then(handler));
  }
  // Block until all messages are published.
  for (auto& d : done) d.get();
}

Proto

namespace pubsub = ::google::cloud::pubsub;
using ::google::cloud::future;
using ::google::cloud::StatusOr;
[](pubsub::Publisher publisher) {
  std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string>> states{
      {"New York", "NY"},
      {"Pennsylvania", "PA"},
  };
  std::vector<future<void>> done;
  auto handler = [](future<StatusOr<std::string>> f) {
    auto id = f.get();
    if (!id) throw std::move(id).status();
  };
  for (auto& data : states) {
    google::cloud::pubsub::samples::State state;
    state.set_name(data.first);
    state.set_post_abbr(data.second);
    done.push_back(publisher
                       .Publish(pubsub::MessageBuilder{}
                                    .SetData(state.SerializeAsString())
                                    .Build())
                       .then(handler));
  }
  // Block until all messages are published.
  for (auto& d : done) d.get();
}

C#

Before trying this sample, follow the C# setup instructions in Quickstart: Using Client Libraries. For more information, see the Pub/Sub C# API reference documentation.

Avro

using Avro.IO;
using Avro.Specific;
using Google.Cloud.PubSub.V1;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

public class PublishAvroMessagesAsyncSample
{
    public async Task<int> PublishAvroMessagesAsync(string projectId, string topicId, IEnumerable<AvroUtilities.State> messageStates)
    {
        TopicName topicName = TopicName.FromProjectTopic(projectId, topicId);
        PublisherClient publisher = await PublisherClient.CreateAsync(topicName);

        PublisherServiceApiClient publishApi = PublisherServiceApiClient.Create();
        var topic = publishApi.GetTopic(topicName);

        int publishedMessageCount = 0;
        var publishTasks = messageStates.Select(async state =>
        {

            try
            {
                string messageId = null;
                switch (topic.SchemaSettings.Encoding)
                {
                    case Encoding.Binary:
                        using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
                        {
                            var encoder = new BinaryEncoder(ms);
                            var writer = new SpecificDefaultWriter(state.Schema);
                            writer.Write(state, encoder);
                            messageId = await publisher.PublishAsync(ms.ToArray());
                        }
                        break;
                    case Encoding.Json:
                        var jsonMessage = AvroUtilities.StateUtils.StateToJsonString(state);
                        messageId = await publisher.PublishAsync(jsonMessage);
                        break;
                }
                Console.WriteLine($"Published message {messageId}");
                Interlocked.Increment(ref publishedMessageCount);
            }
            catch (Exception exception)
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"An error occurred when publishing message {state}: {exception.Message}");
            }
        });
        await Task.WhenAll(publishTasks);
        return publishedMessageCount;
    }
}

Proto

using Google.Cloud.PubSub.V1;
using Google.Protobuf;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

public class PublishProtoMessagesAsyncSample
{
    public async Task<int> PublishProtoMessagesAsync(string projectId, string topicId, IEnumerable<Utilities.State> messageStates)
    {
        TopicName topicName = TopicName.FromProjectTopic(projectId, topicId);
        PublisherClient publisher = await PublisherClient.CreateAsync(topicName);

        PublisherServiceApiClient publishApi = PublisherServiceApiClient.Create();
        var topic = publishApi.GetTopic(topicName);

        int publishedMessageCount = 0;
        var publishTasks = messageStates.Select(async state =>
        {
            try
            {
                string messageId = null;
                switch (topic.SchemaSettings.Encoding)
                {
                    case Encoding.Binary:
                        var binaryMessage = state.ToByteString();
                        messageId = await publisher.PublishAsync(binaryMessage);
                        break;
                    case Encoding.Json:
                        var jsonMessage = JsonFormatter.Default.Format(state);
                        messageId = await publisher.PublishAsync(jsonMessage);
                        break;
                }
                Console.WriteLine($"Published message {messageId}");
                Interlocked.Increment(ref publishedMessageCount);
            }
            catch (Exception exception)
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"An error occurred when publishing message {state}: {exception.Message}");
            }
        });
        await Task.WhenAll(publishTasks);
        return publishedMessageCount;
    }
}

Go

Before trying this sample, follow the Go setup instructions in Quickstart: Using Client Libraries. For more information, see the Pub/Sub Go API reference documentation.

Avro

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"os"

	"cloud.google.com/go/pubsub"
	"github.com/linkedin/goavro/v2"
)

func publishAvroRecords(w io.Writer, projectID, topicID, avscFile string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// topicID := "my-topic"
	// avscFile = "path/to/an/avro/schema/file(.avsc)/formatted/in/json"
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := pubsub.NewClient(ctx, projectID)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("pubsub.NewClient: %w", err)
	}

	avroSource, err := os.ReadFile(avscFile)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("os.ReadFile err: %w", err)
	}
	codec, err := goavro.NewCodec(string(avroSource))
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("goavro.NewCodec err: %w", err)
	}
	record := map[string]interface{}{"name": "Alaska", "post_abbr": "AK"}

	// Get the topic encoding type.
	t := client.Topic(topicID)
	cfg, err := t.Config(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("topic.Config err: %w", err)
	}
	encoding := cfg.SchemaSettings.Encoding

	var msg []byte
	switch encoding {
	case pubsub.EncodingBinary:
		msg, err = codec.BinaryFromNative(nil, record)
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("codec.BinaryFromNative err: %w", err)
		}
	case pubsub.EncodingJSON:
		msg, err = codec.TextualFromNative(nil, record)
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("codec.TextualFromNative err: %w", err)
		}
	default:
		return fmt.Errorf("invalid encoding: %v", encoding)
	}

	result := t.Publish(ctx, &pubsub.Message{
		Data: msg,
	})
	_, err = result.Get(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("result.Get: %w", err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Published avro record: %s\n", string(msg))
	return nil
}

Proto

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	"cloud.google.com/go/pubsub"
	statepb "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/golang-samples/internal/pubsub/schemas"
	"google.golang.org/protobuf/encoding/protojson"
	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
)

func publishProtoMessages(w io.Writer, projectID, topicID string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// topicID := "my-topic"
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := pubsub.NewClient(ctx, projectID)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("pubsub.NewClient: %w", err)
	}

	state := &statepb.State{
		Name:     "Alaska",
		PostAbbr: "AK",
	}

	// Get the topic encoding type.
	t := client.Topic(topicID)
	cfg, err := t.Config(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("topic.Config err: %w", err)
	}
	encoding := cfg.SchemaSettings.Encoding

	var msg []byte
	switch encoding {
	case pubsub.EncodingBinary:
		msg, err = proto.Marshal(state)
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("proto.Marshal err: %w", err)
		}
	case pubsub.EncodingJSON:
		msg, err = protojson.Marshal(state)
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("protojson.Marshal err: %w", err)
		}
	default:
		return fmt.Errorf("invalid encoding: %v", encoding)
	}

	result := t.Publish(ctx, &pubsub.Message{
		Data: msg,
	})
	_, err = result.Get(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("result.Get: %w", err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Published proto message with %#v encoding: %s\n", encoding, string(msg))
	return nil
}

Java

Note: To learn how to compile your Avro/Proto schema to a Java class, see the Avro or Protocol Buffer documentation.

Before trying this sample, follow the Java setup instructions in Quickstart: Using Client Libraries. For more information, see the Pub/Sub Java API reference documentation.

Avro

import com.google.api.core.ApiFuture;
import com.google.cloud.pubsub.v1.Publisher;
import com.google.cloud.pubsub.v1.TopicAdminClient;
import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
import com.google.pubsub.v1.Encoding;
import com.google.pubsub.v1.PubsubMessage;
import com.google.pubsub.v1.TopicName;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import org.apache.avro.io.Encoder;
import org.apache.avro.io.EncoderFactory;
import utilities.State;

public class PublishAvroRecordsExample {

  public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    // Use a topic created with an Avro schema.
    String topicId = "your-topic-id";

    publishAvroRecordsExample(projectId, topicId);
  }

  public static void publishAvroRecordsExample(String projectId, String topicId)
      throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException {

    Encoding encoding = null;

    TopicName topicName = TopicName.of(projectId, topicId);

    // Get the topic encoding type.
    try (TopicAdminClient topicAdminClient = TopicAdminClient.create()) {
      encoding = topicAdminClient.getTopic(topicName).getSchemaSettings().getEncoding();
    }

    // Instantiate an avro-tools-generated class defined in `us-states.avsc`.
    State state = State.newBuilder().setName("Alaska").setPostAbbr("AK").build();

    Publisher publisher = null;

    block:
    try {
      publisher = Publisher.newBuilder(topicName).build();

      // Prepare to serialize the object to the output stream.
      ByteArrayOutputStream byteStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();

      Encoder encoder = null;

      // Prepare an appropriate encoder for publishing to the topic.
      switch (encoding) {
        case BINARY:
          System.out.println("Preparing a BINARY encoder...");
          encoder = EncoderFactory.get().directBinaryEncoder(byteStream, /*reuse=*/ null);
          break;

        case JSON:
          System.out.println("Preparing a JSON encoder...");
          encoder = EncoderFactory.get().jsonEncoder(State.getClassSchema(), byteStream);
          break;

        default:
          break block;
      }

      // Encode the object and write it to the output stream.
      state.customEncode(encoder);
      encoder.flush();

      // Publish the encoded object as a Pub/Sub message.
      ByteString data = ByteString.copyFrom(byteStream.toByteArray());
      PubsubMessage message = PubsubMessage.newBuilder().setData(data).build();
      System.out.println("Publishing message: " + message);

      ApiFuture<String> future = publisher.publish(message);
      System.out.println("Published message ID: " + future.get());

    } finally {
      if (publisher != null) {
        publisher.shutdown();
        publisher.awaitTermination(1, TimeUnit.MINUTES);
      }
    }
  }
}

Proto

import com.google.api.core.ApiFuture;
import com.google.cloud.pubsub.v1.Publisher;
import com.google.cloud.pubsub.v1.TopicAdminClient;
import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
import com.google.protobuf.util.JsonFormat;
import com.google.pubsub.v1.Encoding;
import com.google.pubsub.v1.PubsubMessage;
import com.google.pubsub.v1.TopicName;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import utilities.StateProto.State;

public class PublishProtobufMessagesExample {

  public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    // Use a topic created with a proto schema.
    String topicId = "your-topic-id";

    publishProtobufMessagesExample(projectId, topicId);
  }

  public static void publishProtobufMessagesExample(String projectId, String topicId)
      throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException {

    Encoding encoding = null;

    TopicName topicName = TopicName.of(projectId, topicId);

    // Get the topic encoding type.
    try (TopicAdminClient topicAdminClient = TopicAdminClient.create()) {
      encoding = topicAdminClient.getTopic(topicName).getSchemaSettings().getEncoding();
    }

    Publisher publisher = null;

    // Instantiate a protoc-generated class defined in `us-states.proto`.
    State state = State.newBuilder().setName("Alaska").setPostAbbr("AK").build();

    block:
    try {
      publisher = Publisher.newBuilder(topicName).build();

      PubsubMessage.Builder message = PubsubMessage.newBuilder();

      // Prepare an appropriately formatted message based on topic encoding.
      switch (encoding) {
        case BINARY:
          message.setData(state.toByteString());
          System.out.println("Publishing a BINARY-formatted message:\n" + message);
          break;

        case JSON:
          String jsonString = JsonFormat.printer().omittingInsignificantWhitespace().print(state);
          message.setData(ByteString.copyFromUtf8(jsonString));
          System.out.println("Publishing a JSON-formatted message:\n" + message);
          break;

        default:
          break block;
      }

      // Publish the message.
      ApiFuture<String> future = publisher.publish(message.build());
      System.out.println("Published message ID: " + future.get());

    } finally {
      if (publisher != null) {
        publisher.shutdown();
        publisher.awaitTermination(1, TimeUnit.MINUTES);
      }
    }
  }
}

Node.js

Before trying this sample, follow the Node.js setup instructions in Quickstart: Using Client Libraries. For more information, see the Pub/Sub Node.js API reference documentation.

Avro

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment this variable before running the sample.
 */
// const topicNameOrId = 'YOUR_TOPIC_NAME_OR_ID';

// Imports the Google Cloud client library
const {PubSub, Encodings} = require('@google-cloud/pubsub');

// And the Apache Avro library
const avro = require('avro-js');
const fs = require('fs');

// Creates a client; cache this for further use
const pubSubClient = new PubSub();

async function publishAvroRecords(topicNameOrId) {
  // Cache topic objects (publishers) and reuse them.
  const topic = pubSubClient.topic(topicNameOrId);

  // Get the topic metadata to learn about its schema encoding.
  const [topicMetadata] = await topic.getMetadata();
  const topicSchemaMetadata = topicMetadata.schemaSettings;

  if (!topicSchemaMetadata) {
    console.log(`Topic ${topicNameOrId} doesn't seem to have a schema.`);
    return;
  }
  const schemaEncoding = topicSchemaMetadata.encoding;

  // Make an encoder using the official avro-js library.
  const definition = fs
    .readFileSync('system-test/fixtures/provinces.avsc')
    .toString();
  const type = avro.parse(definition);

  // Encode the message.
  const province = {
    name: 'Ontario',
    post_abbr: 'ON',
  };
  let dataBuffer;
  switch (schemaEncoding) {
    case Encodings.Binary:
      dataBuffer = type.toBuffer(province);
      break;
    case Encodings.Json:
      dataBuffer = Buffer.from(type.toString(province));
      break;
    default:
      console.log(`Unknown schema encoding: ${schemaEncoding}`);
      break;
  }
  if (!dataBuffer) {
    console.log(`Invalid encoding ${schemaEncoding} on the topic.`);
    return;
  }

  const messageId = await topic.publish(dataBuffer);
  console.log(`Avro record ${messageId} published.`);
}

Protocol Buffer

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment this variable before running the sample.
 */
// const topicNameOrId = 'YOUR_TOPIC_NAME_OR_ID';

// Imports the Google Cloud client library
const {PubSub, Encodings} = require('@google-cloud/pubsub');

// And the protobufjs library
const protobuf = require('protobufjs');

// Creates a client; cache this for further use
const pubSubClient = new PubSub();

async function publishProtobufMessages(topicNameOrId) {
  // Cache topic objects (publishers) and reuse them.
  const topic = pubSubClient.topic(topicNameOrId);

  // Get the topic metadata to learn about its schema.
  const [topicMetadata] = await topic.getMetadata();
  const topicSchemaMetadata = topicMetadata.schemaSettings;

  if (!topicSchemaMetadata) {
    console.log(`Topic ${topicNameOrId} doesn't seem to have a schema.`);
    return;
  }
  const schemaEncoding = topicSchemaMetadata.encoding;

  // Encode the message.
  const province = {
    name: 'Ontario',
    postAbbr: 'ON',
  };

  // Make an encoder using the protobufjs library.
  //
  // Since we're providing the test message for a specific schema here, we'll
  // also code in the path to a sample proto definition.
  const root = await protobuf.load('system-test/fixtures/provinces.proto');
  const Province = root.lookupType('utilities.Province');
  const message = Province.create(province);

  let dataBuffer;
  switch (schemaEncoding) {
    case Encodings.Binary:
      dataBuffer = Buffer.from(Province.encode(message).finish());
      break;
    case Encodings.Json:
      dataBuffer = Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(message.toJSON()));
      break;
    default:
      console.log(`Unknown schema encoding: ${schemaEncoding}`);
      break;
  }
  if (!dataBuffer) {
    console.log(`Invalid encoding ${schemaEncoding} on the topic.`);
    return;
  }

  const messageId = await topic.publishMessage({data: dataBuffer});
  console.log(`Protobuf message ${messageId} published.`);
}

Node.js

Before trying this sample, follow the Node.js setup instructions in Quickstart: Using Client Libraries. For more information, see the Pub/Sub Node.js API reference documentation.

Avro

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment this variable before running the sample.
 */
// const topicNameOrId = 'YOUR_TOPIC_NAME_OR_ID';

// Imports the Google Cloud client library
import {PubSub, Encodings} from '@google-cloud/pubsub';

// And the Apache Avro library
import * as avro from 'avro-js';
import * as fs from 'fs';

// Creates a client; cache this for further use
const pubSubClient = new PubSub();

interface ProvinceObject {
  name: string;
  post_abbr: string;
}

async function publishAvroRecords(topicNameOrId: string) {
  // Cache topic objects (publishers) and reuse them.
  const topic = pubSubClient.topic(topicNameOrId);

  // Get the topic metadata to learn about its schema encoding.
  const [topicMetadata] = await topic.getMetadata();
  const topicSchemaMetadata = topicMetadata.schemaSettings;

  if (!topicSchemaMetadata) {
    console.log(`Topic ${topicNameOrId} doesn't seem to have a schema.`);
    return;
  }
  const schemaEncoding = topicSchemaMetadata.encoding;

  // Make an encoder using the official avro-js library.
  const definition = fs
    .readFileSync('system-test/fixtures/provinces.avsc')
    .toString();
  const type = avro.parse(definition);

  // Encode the message.
  const province: ProvinceObject = {
    name: 'Ontario',
    post_abbr: 'ON',
  };
  let dataBuffer: Buffer | undefined;
  switch (schemaEncoding) {
    case Encodings.Binary:
      dataBuffer = type.toBuffer(province);
      break;
    case Encodings.Json:
      dataBuffer = Buffer.from(type.toString(province));
      break;
    default:
      console.log(`Unknown schema encoding: ${schemaEncoding}`);
      break;
  }
  if (!dataBuffer) {
    console.log(`Invalid encoding ${schemaEncoding} on the topic.`);
    return;
  }

  const messageId = await topic.publish(dataBuffer);
  console.log(`Avro record ${messageId} published.`);
}

Protocol Buffer

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment this variable before running the sample.
 */
// const topicNameOrId = 'YOUR_TOPIC_NAME_OR_ID';

// Imports the Google Cloud client library
import {PubSub, Encodings} from '@google-cloud/pubsub';

// And the protobufjs library
import * as protobuf from 'protobufjs';

// Creates a client; cache this for further use
const pubSubClient = new PubSub();

interface ProvinceObject {
  name: string;
  postAbbr: string;
}

async function publishProtobufMessages(topicNameOrId: string) {
  // Cache topic objects (publishers) and reuse them.
  const topic = pubSubClient.topic(topicNameOrId);

  // Get the topic metadata to learn about its schema.
  const [topicMetadata] = await topic.getMetadata();
  const topicSchemaMetadata = topicMetadata.schemaSettings;

  if (!topicSchemaMetadata) {
    console.log(`Topic ${topicNameOrId} doesn't seem to have a schema.`);
    return;
  }
  const schemaEncoding = topicSchemaMetadata.encoding;

  // Encode the message.
  const province: ProvinceObject = {
    name: 'Ontario',
    postAbbr: 'ON',
  };

  // Make an encoder using the protobufjs library.
  //
  // Since we're providing the test message for a specific schema here, we'll
  // also code in the path to a sample proto definition.
  const root = await protobuf.load('system-test/fixtures/provinces.proto');
  const Province = root.lookupType('utilities.Province');
  const message = Province.create(province);

  let dataBuffer: Buffer | undefined;
  switch (schemaEncoding) {
    case Encodings.Binary:
      dataBuffer = Buffer.from(Province.encode(message).finish());
      break;
    case Encodings.Json:
      dataBuffer = Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(message.toJSON()));
      break;
    default:
      console.log(`Unknown schema encoding: ${schemaEncoding}`);
      break;
  }
  if (!dataBuffer) {
    console.log(`Invalid encoding ${schemaEncoding} on the topic.`);
    return;
  }

  const messageId = await topic.publishMessage({data: dataBuffer});
  console.log(`Protobuf message ${messageId} published.`);
}

PHP

Before trying this sample, follow the PHP setup instructions in Quickstart: Using Client Libraries. For more information, see the Pub/Sub PHP API reference documentation.

Avro

use Google\Cloud\PubSub\PubSubClient;
use Google\Cloud\PubSub\V1\Encoding;

use AvroStringIO;
use AvroSchema;
use AvroIODatumWriter;
use AvroIOBinaryEncoder;

/**
 * Publish a message using an AVRO schema.
 *
 * This sample uses `wikimedia/avro` for AVRO encoding.
 *
 * @param string $projectId
 * @param string $topicId
 * @param string $definitionFile
 */
function publish_avro_records($projectId, $topicId, $definitionFile)
{
    $pubsub = new PubSubClient([
        'projectId' => $projectId,
    ]);

    $definition = (string) file_get_contents($definitionFile);

    $messageData = [
        'name' => 'Alaska',
        'post_abbr' => 'AK',
    ];

    $topic = $pubsub->topic($topicId);

    // get the encoding type.
    $topicInfo = $topic->info();
    $encoding = '';
    if (isset($topicInfo['schemaSettings']['encoding'])) {
        $encoding = $topicInfo['schemaSettings']['encoding'];
    }

    // if encoding is not set, we can't continue.
    if ($encoding === '') {
        printf('Topic %s does not have schema enabled', $topicId);
        return;
    }

    // If you are using gRPC, encoding may be an integer corresponding to an
    // enum value on Google\Cloud\PubSub\V1\Encoding.
    if (!is_string($encoding)) {
        $encoding = Encoding::name($encoding);
    }

    $encodedMessageData = '';
    if ($encoding == 'BINARY') {
        // encode as AVRO binary.
        $io = new AvroStringIO();
        $schema = AvroSchema::parse($definition);
        $writer = new AvroIODatumWriter($schema);
        $encoder = new AvroIOBinaryEncoder($io);
        $writer->write($messageData, $encoder);

        $encodedMessageData = $io->string();
    } else {
        // encode as JSON.
        $encodedMessageData = json_encode($messageData);
    }

    $topic->publish(['data' => $encodedMessageData]);

    printf('Published message with %s encoding', $encoding);
}

Protocol Buffer

use Google\Cloud\PubSub\PubSubClient;
use Google\Cloud\PubSub\V1\Encoding;

use Utilities\StateProto;

/**
 * Publish a message using a protocol buffer schema.
 *
 * Relies on a proto message of the following form:
 * ```
 * syntax = "proto3";
 *
 * package utilities;
 *
 * message StateProto {
 *   string name = 1;
 *   string post_abbr = 2;
 * }
 * ```
 *
 * @param string $projectId
 * @param string $topicId
 * @return void
 */
function publish_proto_messages($projectId, $topicId)
{
    $pubsub = new PubSubClient([
        'projectId' => $projectId,
    ]);

    $messageData = new StateProto([
        'name' => 'Alaska',
        'post_abbr' => 'AK',
    ]);

    $topic = $pubsub->topic($topicId);

    // get the encoding type.
    $topicInfo = $topic->info();
    $encoding = '';
    if (isset($topicInfo['schemaSettings']['encoding'])) {
        $encoding = $topicInfo['schemaSettings']['encoding'];
    }

    // if encoding is not set, we can't continue.
    if ($encoding === '') {
        printf('Topic %s does not have schema enabled', $topicId);
        return;
    }

    // If you are using gRPC, encoding may be an integer corresponding to an
    // enum value on Google\Cloud\PubSub\V1\Encoding.
    if (!is_string($encoding)) {
        $encoding = Encoding::name($encoding);
    }

    $encodedMessageData = '';
    if ($encoding == 'BINARY') {
        // encode as protobuf binary.
        $encodedMessageData = $messageData->serializeToString();
    } else {
        // encode as JSON.
        $encodedMessageData = $messageData->serializeToJsonString();
    }

    $topic->publish(['data' => $encodedMessageData]);

    printf('Published message with %s encoding', $encoding);
}

Python

Before trying this sample, follow the Python setup instructions in Quickstart: Using Client Libraries. For more information, see the Pub/Sub Python API reference documentation.

Avro

from avro.io import BinaryEncoder, DatumWriter
import avro.schema as schema
import io
import json
from google.api_core.exceptions import NotFound
from google.cloud.pubsub import PublisherClient
from google.pubsub_v1.types import Encoding

# TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
# project_id = "your-project-id"
# topic_id = "your-topic-id"
# avsc_file = "path/to/an/avro/schema/file/(.avsc)/formatted/in/json"

publisher_client = PublisherClient()
topic_path = publisher_client.topic_path(project_id, topic_id)

# Prepare to write Avro records to the binary output stream.
with open(avsc_file, "rb") as file:
    avro_schema = schema.parse(file.read())
writer = DatumWriter(avro_schema)
bout = io.BytesIO()

# Prepare some data using a Python dictionary that matches the Avro schema
record = {"name": "Alaska", "post_abbr": "AK"}

try:
    # Get the topic encoding type.
    topic = publisher_client.get_topic(request={"topic": topic_path})
    encoding = topic.schema_settings.encoding

    # Encode the data according to the message serialization type.
    if encoding == Encoding.BINARY:
        encoder = BinaryEncoder(bout)
        writer.write(record, encoder)
        data = bout.getvalue()
        print(f"Preparing a binary-encoded message:\n{data.decode()}")
    elif encoding == Encoding.JSON:
        data_str = json.dumps(record)
        print(f"Preparing a JSON-encoded message:\n{data_str}")
        data = data_str.encode("utf-8")
    else:
        print(f"No encoding specified in {topic_path}. Abort.")
        exit(0)

    future = publisher_client.publish(topic_path, data)
    print(f"Published message ID: {future.result()}")

except NotFound:
    print(f"{topic_id} not found.")

Protocol Buffer

from google.api_core.exceptions import NotFound
from google.cloud.pubsub import PublisherClient
from google.protobuf.json_format import MessageToJson
from google.pubsub_v1.types import Encoding

from utilities import us_states_pb2  # type: ignore

# TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
# project_id = "your-project-id"
# topic_id = "your-topic-id"

publisher_client = PublisherClient()
topic_path = publisher_client.topic_path(project_id, topic_id)

try:
    # Get the topic encoding type.
    topic = publisher_client.get_topic(request={"topic": topic_path})
    encoding = topic.schema_settings.encoding

    # Instantiate a protoc-generated class defined in `us-states.proto`.
    state = us_states_pb2.StateProto()
    state.name = "Alaska"
    state.post_abbr = "AK"

    # Encode the data according to the message serialization type.
    if encoding == Encoding.BINARY:
        data = state.SerializeToString()
        print(f"Preparing a binary-encoded message:\n{data}")
    elif encoding == Encoding.JSON:
        json_object = MessageToJson(state)
        data = str(json_object).encode("utf-8")
        print(f"Preparing a JSON-encoded message:\n{data}")
    else:
        print(f"No encoding specified in {topic_path}. Abort.")
        exit(0)

    future = publisher_client.publish(topic_path, data)
    print(f"Published message ID: {future.result()}")

except NotFound:
    print(f"{topic_id} not found.")

Ruby

Before trying this sample, follow the Ruby setup instructions in Quickstart: Using Client Libraries. For more information, see the Pub/Sub Ruby API reference documentation.

Avro

# topic_id = "your-topic-id"
# avsc_file = "path/to/an/avro/schema/file/(.avsc)/formatted/in/json"

pubsub = Google::Cloud::Pubsub.new

topic = pubsub.topic topic_id

record = { "name" => "Alaska", "post_abbr" => "AK" }

if topic.message_encoding_binary?
  require "avro"
  avro_schema = Avro::Schema.parse File.read(avsc_file)
  writer = Avro::IO::DatumWriter.new avro_schema
  buffer = StringIO.new
  encoder = Avro::IO::BinaryEncoder.new buffer
  writer.write record, encoder
  topic.publish buffer
  puts "Published binary-encoded AVRO message."
elsif topic.message_encoding_json?
  require "json"
  topic.publish record.to_json
  puts "Published JSON-encoded AVRO message."
else
  raise "No encoding specified in #{topic.name}."
end

Protocol Buffer

# topic_id = "your-topic-id"

pubsub = Google::Cloud::Pubsub.new

topic = pubsub.topic topic_id

state = Utilities::StateProto.new name: "Alaska", post_abbr: "AK"

if topic.message_encoding_binary?
  topic.publish Utilities::StateProto.encode(state)
  puts "Published binary-encoded protobuf message."
elsif topic.message_encoding_json?
  topic.publish Utilities::StateProto.encode_json(state)
  puts "Published JSON-encoded protobuf message."
else
  raise "No encoding specified in #{topic.name}."
end

What's next

• To restrict the locations in which Pub/Sub stores message data, see Restricting Pub/Sub resource locations.

• To learn more about receiving messages, see Choose a subscription type.