Publish with batching settings

Creates a publisher client with custom batching settings and uses it to publish some messages.

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• Publishing messages to topics

Code Sample

C#

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

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

public class PublishBatchedMessagesAsyncSample
{
    public async Task<int> PublishBatchMessagesAsync(string projectId, string topicId, IEnumerable<string> messageTexts)
    {
        TopicName topicName = TopicName.FromProjectTopic(projectId, topicId);

        // Default Settings:
        // byteCountThreshold: 1000000
        // elementCountThreshold: 100
        // delayThreshold: 10 milliseconds
        var customSettings = new PublisherClient.Settings
        {
            BatchingSettings = new BatchingSettings(
                elementCountThreshold: 50,
                byteCountThreshold: 10240,
                delayThreshold: TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500))
        };

        PublisherClient publisher = await PublisherClient.CreateAsync(topicName, settings: customSettings);

        int publishedMessageCount = 0;
        var publishTasks = messageTexts.Select(async text =>
        {
            try
            {
                string message = await publisher.PublishAsync(text);
                Console.WriteLine($"Published message {message}");
                Interlocked.Increment(ref publishedMessageCount);
            }
            catch (Exception exception)
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"An error occurred when publishing message {text}: {exception.Message}");
            }
        });
        await Task.WhenAll(publishTasks);
        return publishedMessageCount;
    }
}

C++

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

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namespace pubsub = google::cloud::pubsub;
using google::cloud::future;
using google::cloud::StatusOr;
[](std::string project_id, std::string topic_id) {
  auto topic = pubsub::Topic(std::move(project_id), std::move(topic_id));
  // By default the publisher will flush a batch after 10ms, after it contains
  // more than 100 message, or after it contains more than 1MiB of data,
  // whichever comes first. This changes those defaults.
  auto publisher = pubsub::Publisher(pubsub::MakePublisherConnection(
      std::move(topic),
      pubsub::PublisherOptions{}
          .set_maximum_hold_time(std::chrono::milliseconds(20))
          .set_maximum_batch_bytes(4 * 1024 * 1024L)
          .set_maximum_batch_message_count(200),
      pubsub::ConnectionOptions{}));

  std::vector<future<void>> ids;
  for (char const* data : {"1", "2", "3", "go!"}) {
    ids.push_back(
        publisher.Publish(pubsub::MessageBuilder().SetData(data).Build())
            .then([data](future<StatusOr<std::string>> f) {
              auto s = f.get();
              if (!s) return;
              std::cout << "Sent '" << data << "' (" << *s << ")\n";
            }));
  }
  publisher.Flush();
  // Block until they are actually sent.
  for (auto& id : ids) id.get();
}

Go

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

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import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"strconv"
	"time"

	"cloud.google.com/go/pubsub"
)

func publishWithSettings(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: %v", err)
	}
	var results []*pubsub.PublishResult
	var resultErrors []error
	t := client.Topic(topicID)
	t.PublishSettings.ByteThreshold = 5000
	t.PublishSettings.CountThreshold = 10
	t.PublishSettings.DelayThreshold = 100 * time.Millisecond

	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
		result := t.Publish(ctx, &pubsub.Message{
			Data: []byte("Message " + strconv.Itoa(i)),
		})
		results = append(results, result)
	}
	// The Get method blocks until a server-generated ID or
	// an error is returned for the published message.
	for i, res := range results {
		id, err := res.Get(ctx)
		if err != nil {
			resultErrors = append(resultErrors, err)
			fmt.Fprintf(w, "Failed to publish: %v", err)
			continue
		}
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Published message %d; msg ID: %v\n", i, id)
	}
	if len(resultErrors) != 0 {
		return fmt.Errorf("Get: %v", resultErrors[len(resultErrors)-1])
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Published messages with batch settings.")
	return nil
}

Java

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

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import com.google.api.core.ApiFuture;
import com.google.api.core.ApiFutures;
import com.google.api.gax.batching.BatchingSettings;
import com.google.cloud.pubsub.v1.Publisher;
import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
import com.google.pubsub.v1.PubsubMessage;
import com.google.pubsub.v1.TopicName;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import org.threeten.bp.Duration;

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

    publishWithBatchSettingsExample(projectId, topicId);
  }

  public static void publishWithBatchSettingsExample(String projectId, String topicId)
      throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
    TopicName topicName = TopicName.of(projectId, topicId);
    Publisher publisher = null;
    List<ApiFuture<String>> messageIdFutures = new ArrayList<>();

    try {
      // Batch settings control how the publisher batches messages
      long requestBytesThreshold = 5000L; // default : 1 byte
      long messageCountBatchSize = 100L; // default : 1 message

      Duration publishDelayThreshold = Duration.ofMillis(100); // default : 1 ms

      // Publish request get triggered based on request size, messages count & time since last
      // publish, whichever condition is met first.
      BatchingSettings batchingSettings =
          BatchingSettings.newBuilder()
              .setElementCountThreshold(messageCountBatchSize)
              .setRequestByteThreshold(requestBytesThreshold)
              .setDelayThreshold(publishDelayThreshold)
              .build();

      // Create a publisher instance with default settings bound to the topic
      publisher = Publisher.newBuilder(topicName).setBatchingSettings(batchingSettings).build();

      // schedule publishing one message at a time : messages get automatically batched
      for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
        String message = "message " + i;
        ByteString data = ByteString.copyFromUtf8(message);
        PubsubMessage pubsubMessage = PubsubMessage.newBuilder().setData(data).build();

        // Once published, returns a server-assigned message id (unique within the topic)
        ApiFuture<String> messageIdFuture = publisher.publish(pubsubMessage);
        messageIdFutures.add(messageIdFuture);
      }
    } finally {
      // Wait on any pending publish requests.
      List<String> messageIds = ApiFutures.allAsList(messageIdFutures).get();

      System.out.println("Published " + messageIds.size() + " messages with batch settings.");

      if (publisher != null) {
        // When finished with the publisher, shutdown to free up resources.
        publisher.shutdown();
        publisher.awaitTermination(1, TimeUnit.MINUTES);
      }
    }
  }
}

Node.js

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

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/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
 */
// const topicName = 'YOUR_TOPIC_NAME';
// const data = JSON.stringify({foo: 'bar'});
// const maxMessages = 10;
// const maxWaitTime = 10;

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

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

async function publishBatchedMessages() {
  // Publishes the message as a string, e.g. "Hello, world!" or JSON.stringify(someObject)
  const dataBuffer = Buffer.from(data);

  const batchPublisher = pubSubClient.topic(topicName, {
    batching: {
      maxMessages: maxMessages,
      maxMilliseconds: maxWaitTime * 1000,
    },
  });

  for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    (async () => {
      const messageId = await batchPublisher.publish(dataBuffer);
      console.log(`Message ${messageId} published.`);
    })();
  }
}

publishBatchedMessages().catch(console.error);

PHP

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

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use Google\Cloud\PubSub\PubSubClient;

/**
 * Publishes a message for a Pub/Sub topic.
 *
 * The publisher should be used in conjunction with the `google-cloud-batch`
 * daemon, which should be running in the background.
 *
 * To start the daemon, from your project root call `vendor/bin/google-cloud-batch daemon`.
 *
 * @param string $projectId  The Google project ID.
 * @param string $topicName  The Pub/Sub topic name.
 * @param string $message    The message to publish.
 */
function publish_message_batch($projectId, $topicName, $message)
{
    // Check if the batch daemon is running.
    if (getenv('IS_BATCH_DAEMON_RUNNING') !== 'true') {
        trigger_error(
            'The batch daemon is not running. Call ' .
            '`vendor/bin/google-cloud-batch daemon` from ' .
            'your project root to start the daemon.',
            E_USER_NOTICE
        );
    }

    $batchOptions = [
        'batchSize' => 100, // Max messages for each batch.
        'callPeriod' => 0.01, // Max time in seconds between each batch publish.
    ];

    $pubsub = new PubSubClient([
        'projectId' => $projectId,
    ]);
    $topic = $pubsub->topic($topicName);
    $publisher = $topic->batchPublisher([
        'batchOptions' => $batchOptions
    ]);

    for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) {
        $publisher->publish(['data' => $message]);
    }

    print('Messages enqueued for publication.' . PHP_EOL);
}

Python

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

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from google.cloud import pubsub_v1

# TODO(developer)
# project_id = "your-project-id"
# topic_id = "your-topic-id"

# Configure the batch to publish as soon as there is ten messages,
# one kilobyte of data, or one second has passed.
batch_settings = pubsub_v1.types.BatchSettings(
    max_messages=10,  # default 100
    max_bytes=1024,  # default 1 MB
    max_latency=1,  # default 10 ms
)
publisher = pubsub_v1.PublisherClient(batch_settings)
topic_path = publisher.topic_path(project_id, topic_id)

# Resolve the publish future in a separate thread.
def callback(future):
    message_id = future.result()
    print(message_id)

for n in range(1, 10):
    data = "Message number {}".format(n)
    # Data must be a bytestring
    data = data.encode("utf-8")
    future = publisher.publish(topic_path, data)
    # Non-blocking. Allow the publisher client to batch multiple messages.
    future.add_done_callback(callback)

print(f"Published messages with batch settings to {topic_path}.")

Ruby

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

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# topic_name = "Your Pubsub topic name"
require "google/cloud/pubsub"

pubsub = Google::Cloud::Pubsub.new

# Start sending messages in one request once the size of all queued messages
# reaches 1 MB or the number of queued messages reaches 20
topic = pubsub.topic topic_name, async: {
  max_bytes:    1_000_000,
  max_messages: 20
}
10.times do |i|
  topic.publish_async "This is message \##{i}."
end

# Stop the async_publisher to send all queued messages immediately.
topic.async_publisher.stop.wait!
puts "Messages published asynchronously in batch."