Pub/Sub Lite client libraries

This page shows how to get started with the Cloud Client Libraries for the Pub/Sub Lite API. Client libraries make it easier to access Google Cloud APIs from a supported language. Although you can use Google Cloud APIs directly by making raw requests to the server, client libraries provide simplifications that significantly reduce the amount of code you need to write.

Read more about the Cloud Client Libraries and the older Google API Client Libraries in Client libraries explained.

Install the client library

Go

go get cloud.google.com/go/pubsublite

For more information, see Setting Up a Go Development Environment.

Java

If you are using Maven, add the following to your pom.xml file. For more information about BOMs, see The Google Cloud Platform Libraries BOM.

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
  <artifactId>google-cloud-pubsublite</artifactId>
  <version>1.14.8</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
  <artifactId>google-cloud-pubsub</artifactId>
  <version>1.135.0</version>
</dependency>

If you are using Gradle, add the following to your dependencies:

implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-pubsublite:1.15.0'

If you are using sbt, add the following to your dependencies:

libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-pubsublite" % "1.15.0"

If you're using Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ, or Eclipse, you can add client libraries to your project using the following IDE plugins:

The plugins provide additional functionality, such as key management for service accounts. Refer to each plugin's documentation for details.

For more information, see Setting Up a Java Development Environment.

Python

pip install --upgrade google-cloud-pubsublite

For more information, see Setting Up a Python Development Environment.

Set up authentication

To authenticate calls to Google Cloud APIs, client libraries support Application Default Credentials (ADC); the libraries look for credentials in a set of defined locations and use those credentials to authenticate requests to the API. With ADC, you can make credentials available to your application in a variety of environments, such as local development or production, without needing to modify your application code.

For production environments, the way you set up ADC depends on the service and context. For more information, see Set up Application Default Credentials.

For a local development environment, you can set up ADC with the credentials that are associated with your Google Account:

  1. After installing the Google Cloud CLI, configure the gcloud CLI to use your federated identity and then initialize it by running the following command: 

    gcloud init

  2. Create local authentication credentials for your user account: 

    gcloud auth application-default login

    If an authentication error is returned, confirm that you have configured the gcloud CLI to use Workforce Identity Federation.

    A sign-in screen appears. After you sign in, your credentials are stored in the local credential file used by ADC.

Additional resources

Additional Pub/Sub Lite API libraries

Language Library
Java java-pubsublite-kafka
Java java-pubsublite-spark
Java java-pubsub-group-kafka-connector