Subscribe with concurrency control

Configures number of threads for receiving messages and processing message callbacks.

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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. 

namespace pubsub = google::cloud::pubsub;
using google::cloud::future;
using google::cloud::StatusOr;
auto sample = [](std::string project_id, std::string subscription_id) {
  // Create a subscriber with 16 threads handling I/O work, by default the
  // library creates `std::thread::hardware_concurrency()` threads.
  auto subscriber = pubsub::Subscriber(pubsub::MakeSubscriberConnection(
      pubsub::Subscription(std::move(project_id), std::move(subscription_id)),
      pubsub::SubscriberOptions{}.set_max_concurrency(8),
      pubsub::ConnectionOptions{}.set_background_thread_pool_size(16)));

  // Create a subscription where up to 8 messages are handled concurrently. By
  // default the library uses `std::thread::hardware_concurrency()` as the
  // maximum number of concurrent callbacks.
  auto session = subscriber.Subscribe(
      [](pubsub::Message const& m, pubsub::AckHandler h) {
        // This handler executes in the I/O threads, applications could use,
        // std::async(), a thread-pool, or any other mechanism to transfer the
        // execution to other threads.
        std::cout << "Received message " << m << "\n";
        std::move(h).ack();
        PleaseIgnoreThisSimplifiesTestingTheSamples();
      });
  return std::make_pair(subscriber, std::move(session));
};

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. 

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"runtime"
	"sync/atomic"
	"time"

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

func pullMsgsConcurrenyControl(w io.Writer, projectID, subID string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// subID := "my-sub"
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := pubsub.NewClient(ctx, projectID)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("pubsub.NewClient: %v", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	sub := client.Subscription(subID)
	// Must set ReceiveSettings.Synchronous to false (or leave as default) to enable
	// concurrency settings. Otherwise, NumGoroutines will be set to 1.
	sub.ReceiveSettings.Synchronous = false
	// NumGoroutines is the number of goroutines sub.Receive will spawn to pull
	// messages concurrently.
	sub.ReceiveSettings.NumGoroutines = runtime.NumCPU()

	// Receive messages for 10 seconds.
	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 10*time.Second)
	defer cancel()

	var counter int32

	// Receive blocks until the context is cancelled or an error occurs.
	err = sub.Receive(ctx, func(_ context.Context, msg *pubsub.Message) {
		// The message handler passed to Receive may be called concurrently
		// so it's okay to process the messages concurrently but make sure
		// to synchronize access to shared memory.
		atomic.AddInt32(&counter, 1)
		msg.Ack()
	})
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("pubsub: Receive returned error: %v", err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Received %d messages\n", counter)

	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. 


import com.google.api.gax.core.ExecutorProvider;
import com.google.api.gax.core.InstantiatingExecutorProvider;
import com.google.cloud.pubsub.v1.AckReplyConsumer;
import com.google.cloud.pubsub.v1.MessageReceiver;
import com.google.cloud.pubsub.v1.Subscriber;
import com.google.pubsub.v1.ProjectSubscriptionName;
import com.google.pubsub.v1.PubsubMessage;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;

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

    subscribeWithConcurrencyControlExample(projectId, subscriptionId);
  }

  public static void subscribeWithConcurrencyControlExample(
      String projectId, String subscriptionId) {
    ProjectSubscriptionName subscriptionName =
        ProjectSubscriptionName.of(projectId, subscriptionId);

    // Instantiate an asynchronous message receiver.
    MessageReceiver receiver =
        (PubsubMessage message, AckReplyConsumer consumer) -> {
          // Handle incoming message, then ack the received message.
          System.out.println("Id: " + message.getMessageId());
          System.out.println("Data: " + message.getData().toStringUtf8());
          consumer.ack();
        };

    Subscriber subscriber = null;
    try {
      // Provides an executor service for processing messages. The default `executorProvider` used
      // by the subscriber has a default thread count of 5.
      ExecutorProvider executorProvider =
          InstantiatingExecutorProvider.newBuilder().setExecutorThreadCount(4).build();

      // `setParallelPullCount` determines how many StreamingPull streams the subscriber will open
      // to receive message. It defaults to 1. `setExecutorProvider` configures an executor for the
      // subscriber to process messages. Here, the subscriber is configured to open 2 streams for
      // receiving messages, each stream creates a new executor with 4 threads to help process the
      // message callbacks. In total 2x4=8 threads are used for message processing.
      subscriber =
          Subscriber.newBuilder(subscriptionName, receiver)
              .setParallelPullCount(2)
              .setExecutorProvider(executorProvider)
              .build();

      // Start the subscriber.
      subscriber.startAsync().awaitRunning();
      System.out.printf("Listening for messages on %s:\n", subscriptionName.toString());
      // Allow the subscriber to run for 30s unless an unrecoverable error occurs.
      subscriber.awaitTerminated(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
    } catch (TimeoutException timeoutException) {
      // Shut down the subscriber after 30s. Stop receiving messages.
      subscriber.stopAsync();
    }
  }
}

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. 

# subscription_id = "your-subscription-id"
require "google/cloud/pubsub"

pubsub = Google::Cloud::Pubsub.new

subscription = pubsub.subscription subscription_id
# Use 2 threads for streaming, 4 threads for executing callbacks and 2 threads
# for sending acknowledgements and/or delays
subscriber   = subscription.listen streams: 2, threads: {
  callback: 4,
  push:     2
} do |received_message|
  puts "Received message: #{received_message.data}"
  received_message.acknowledge!
end

subscriber.start
# Let the main thread sleep for 60 seconds so the thread for listening
# messages does not quit
sleep 60
subscriber.stop.wait!

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