Publish with retry settings

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Applies retry delay and/or retry timeout settings on the publisher client or publish requests.

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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. 


using Google.Api.Gax.Grpc;
using Google.Cloud.PubSub.V1;
using Grpc.Core;
using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

public class PublishMessageWithRetrySettingsAsyncSample
{
    public async Task PublishMessageWithRetrySettingsAsync(string projectId, string topicId, string messageText)
    {
        TopicName topicName = TopicName.FromProjectTopic(projectId, topicId);
        // Retry settings control how the publisher handles retry-able failures
        var maxAttempts = 3;
        var initialBackoff = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(110); // default: 100 ms
        var maxBackoff = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(70); // default : 60 seconds
        var backoffMultiplier = 1.3; // default: 1.0
        var totalTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(100); // default: 600 seconds

        var publisher = await new PublisherClientBuilder
        {
            TopicName = topicName,
            ApiSettings = new PublisherServiceApiSettings
            {
                PublishSettings = CallSettings.FromRetry(RetrySettings.FromExponentialBackoff(
                               maxAttempts: maxAttempts,
                               initialBackoff: initialBackoff,
                               maxBackoff: maxBackoff,
                               backoffMultiplier: backoffMultiplier,
                               retryFilter: RetrySettings.FilterForStatusCodes(StatusCode.Unavailable)))
                       .WithTimeout(totalTimeout)
            }
        }.BuildAsync();
        string message = await publisher.PublishAsync(messageText);
        Console.WriteLine($"Published message {message}");
    }
}

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. 

namespace pubsub = ::google::cloud::pubsub;
using ::google::cloud::future;
using ::google::cloud::Options;
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 a publisher will retry for 60 seconds, with an initial backoff
  // of 100ms, a maximum backoff of 60 seconds, and the backoff will grow by
  // 30% after each attempt. This changes those defaults.
  auto publisher = pubsub::Publisher(pubsub::MakePublisherConnection(
      std::move(topic),
      Options{}
          .set<pubsub::RetryPolicyOption>(
              pubsub::LimitedTimeRetryPolicy(
                  /*maximum_duration=*/std::chrono::minutes(10))
                  .clone())
          .set<pubsub::BackoffPolicyOption>(
              pubsub::ExponentialBackoffPolicy(
                  /*initial_delay=*/std::chrono::milliseconds(200),
                  /*maximum_delay=*/std::chrono::seconds(45),
                  /*scaling=*/2.0)
                  .clone())));

  std::vector<future<bool>> done;
  for (char const* data : {"1", "2", "3", "go!"}) {
    done.push_back(
        publisher.Publish(pubsub::MessageBuilder().SetData(data).Build())
            .then([](future<StatusOr<std::string>> f) {
              return f.get().ok();
            }));
  }
  publisher.Flush();
  int count = 0;
  for (auto& f : done) {
    if (f.get()) ++count;
  }
  std::cout << count << " messages sent successfully\n";
}

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. 


import com.google.api.core.ApiFuture;
import com.google.api.gax.retrying.RetrySettings;
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.concurrent.ExecutionException;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import org.threeten.bp.Duration;

public class PublishWithRetrySettingsExample {
  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";

    publishWithRetrySettingsExample(projectId, topicId);
  }

  public static void publishWithRetrySettingsExample(String projectId, String topicId)
      throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
    TopicName topicName = TopicName.of(projectId, topicId);
    Publisher publisher = null;

    try {
      // Retry settings control how the publisher handles retry-able failures
      Duration initialRetryDelay = Duration.ofMillis(100); // default: 100 ms
      double retryDelayMultiplier = 2.0; // back off for repeated failures, default: 1.3
      Duration maxRetryDelay = Duration.ofSeconds(60); // default : 60 seconds
      Duration initialRpcTimeout = Duration.ofSeconds(1); // default: 5 seconds
      double rpcTimeoutMultiplier = 1.0; // default: 1.0
      Duration maxRpcTimeout = Duration.ofSeconds(600); // default: 600 seconds
      Duration totalTimeout = Duration.ofSeconds(600); // default: 600 seconds

      RetrySettings retrySettings =
          RetrySettings.newBuilder()
              .setInitialRetryDelay(initialRetryDelay)
              .setRetryDelayMultiplier(retryDelayMultiplier)
              .setMaxRetryDelay(maxRetryDelay)
              .setInitialRpcTimeout(initialRpcTimeout)
              .setRpcTimeoutMultiplier(rpcTimeoutMultiplier)
              .setMaxRpcTimeout(maxRpcTimeout)
              .setTotalTimeout(totalTimeout)
              .build();

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

      String message = "first message";
      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);
      String messageId = messageIdFuture.get();
      System.out.println("Published a message with retry settings: " + messageId);

    } finally {
      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. 

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
 */
// const projectId = 'YOUR_PROJECT_ID'
// const topicNameOrId = 'YOUR_TOPIC_NAME_OR_ID';
// const data = JSON.stringify({foo: 'bar'});

// Imports the Google Cloud client library. v1 is for the lower level
// proto access.
const {v1} = require('@google-cloud/pubsub');

// Creates a publisher client.
const publisherClient = new v1.PublisherClient({
  // optional auth parameters
});

async function publishWithRetrySettings() {
  const formattedTopic = publisherClient.projectTopicPath(
    projectId,
    topicNameOrId
  );

  // Publishes the message as a string, e.g. "Hello, world!" or JSON.stringify(someObject)
  const dataBuffer = Buffer.from(data);
  const messagesElement = {
    data: dataBuffer,
  };
  const messages = [messagesElement];

  // Build the request
  const request = {
    topic: formattedTopic,
    messages: messages,
  };

  // Retry settings control how the publisher handles retryable failures. Default values are shown.
  // The `retryCodes` array determines which grpc errors will trigger an automatic retry.
  // The `backoffSettings` object lets you specify the behaviour of retries over time.
  const retrySettings = {
    retryCodes: [
      10, // 'ABORTED'
      1, // 'CANCELLED',
      4, // 'DEADLINE_EXCEEDED'
      13, // 'INTERNAL'
      8, // 'RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED'
      14, // 'UNAVAILABLE'
      2, // 'UNKNOWN'
    ],
    backoffSettings: {
      // The initial delay time, in milliseconds, between the completion
      // of the first failed request and the initiation of the first retrying request.
      initialRetryDelayMillis: 100,
      // The multiplier by which to increase the delay time between the completion
      // of failed requests, and the initiation of the subsequent retrying request.
      retryDelayMultiplier: 1.3,
      // The maximum delay time, in milliseconds, between requests.
      // When this value is reached, retryDelayMultiplier will no longer be used to increase delay time.
      maxRetryDelayMillis: 60000,
      // The initial timeout parameter to the request.
      initialRpcTimeoutMillis: 5000,
      // The multiplier by which to increase the timeout parameter between failed requests.
      rpcTimeoutMultiplier: 1.0,
      // The maximum timeout parameter, in milliseconds, for a request. When this value is reached,
      // rpcTimeoutMultiplier will no longer be used to increase the timeout.
      maxRpcTimeoutMillis: 600000,
      // The total time, in milliseconds, starting from when the initial request is sent,
      // after which an error will be returned, regardless of the retrying attempts made meanwhile.
      totalTimeoutMillis: 600000,
    },
  };

  const [response] = await publisherClient.publish(request, {
    retry: retrySettings,
  });
  console.log(`Message ${response.messageIds} published.`);
}

publishWithRetrySettings().catch(console.error);

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. 

from google import api_core
from google.cloud import pubsub_v1

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

# Configure the retry settings. Defaults shown in comments are values applied
# by the library by default, instead of default values in the Retry object.
custom_retry = api_core.retry.Retry(
    initial=0.250,  # seconds (default: 0.1)
    maximum=90.0,  # seconds (default: 60.0)
    multiplier=1.45,  # default: 1.3
    deadline=300.0,  # seconds (default: 60.0)
    predicate=api_core.retry.if_exception_type(
        api_core.exceptions.Aborted,
        api_core.exceptions.DeadlineExceeded,
        api_core.exceptions.InternalServerError,
        api_core.exceptions.ResourceExhausted,
        api_core.exceptions.ServiceUnavailable,
        api_core.exceptions.Unknown,
        api_core.exceptions.Cancelled,
    ),
)

publisher = pubsub_v1.PublisherClient()
topic_path = publisher.topic_path(project_id, topic_id)

for n in range(1, 10):
    data_str = f"Message number {n}"
    # Data must be a bytestring
    data = data_str.encode("utf-8")
    future = publisher.publish(topic=topic_path, data=data, retry=custom_retry)
    print(future.result())

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

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