Create Lite subscription

Create a Lite subscription with a chosen delivery mode.

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Code sample

Go

To authenticate to Pub/Sub Lite, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

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

func createSubscription(w io.Writer, projectID, region, location, topicID, subID string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// region := "us-central1"
	// NOTE: location can be either a region ("us-central1") or a zone ("us-central1-a")
	// For a list of valid locations, see https://cloud.google.com/pubsub/lite/docs/locations.
	// location := "us-central1"
	// NOTE: topic and subscription must be in the same region/zone (e.g. "us-central1-a")
	// topicID := "my-topic"
	// subID := "my-subscription"
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := pubsublite.NewAdminClient(ctx, region)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("pubsublite.NewAdminClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	sub, err := client.CreateSubscription(ctx, pubsublite.SubscriptionConfig{
		Name:                fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/%s/subscriptions/%s", projectID, location, subID),
		Topic:               fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/%s/topics/%s", projectID, location, topicID),
		DeliveryRequirement: pubsublite.DeliverImmediately, // can also be DeliverAfterStored
	})
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("client.CreateSubscription got err: %w", err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Created subscription: %s\n", sub.Name)
	return nil
}

Java

To authenticate to Pub/Sub Lite, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

import com.google.api.gax.rpc.AlreadyExistsException;
import com.google.cloud.pubsublite.AdminClient;
import com.google.cloud.pubsublite.AdminClientSettings;
import com.google.cloud.pubsublite.CloudRegion;
import com.google.cloud.pubsublite.CloudRegionOrZone;
import com.google.cloud.pubsublite.CloudZone;
import com.google.cloud.pubsublite.ProjectNumber;
import com.google.cloud.pubsublite.SubscriptionName;
import com.google.cloud.pubsublite.SubscriptionPath;
import com.google.cloud.pubsublite.TopicName;
import com.google.cloud.pubsublite.TopicPath;
import com.google.cloud.pubsublite.proto.Subscription;
import com.google.cloud.pubsublite.proto.Subscription.DeliveryConfig;
import com.google.cloud.pubsublite.proto.Subscription.DeliveryConfig.DeliveryRequirement;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;

public class CreateSubscriptionExample {

  public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String cloudRegion = "your-cloud-region";
    char zoneId = 'b';
    String topicId = "your-topic-id";
    String subscriptionId = "your-subscription-id";
    long projectNumber = Long.parseLong("123456789");
    // True if using a regional location. False if using a zonal location.
    // https://cloud.google.com/pubsub/lite/docs/topics
    boolean regional = false;

    createSubscriptionExample(
        cloudRegion, zoneId, projectNumber, topicId, subscriptionId, regional);
  }

  public static void createSubscriptionExample(
      String cloudRegion,
      char zoneId,
      long projectNumber,
      String topicId,
      String subscriptionId,
      boolean regional)
      throws Exception {

    CloudRegionOrZone location;
    if (regional) {
      location = CloudRegionOrZone.of(CloudRegion.of(cloudRegion));
    } else {
      location = CloudRegionOrZone.of(CloudZone.of(CloudRegion.of(cloudRegion), zoneId));
    }

    TopicPath topicPath =
        TopicPath.newBuilder()
            .setProject(ProjectNumber.of(projectNumber))
            .setLocation(location)
            .setName(TopicName.of(topicId))
            .build();

    SubscriptionPath subscriptionPath =
        SubscriptionPath.newBuilder()
            .setLocation(location)
            .setProject(ProjectNumber.of(projectNumber))
            .setName(SubscriptionName.of(subscriptionId))
            .build();

    Subscription subscription =
        Subscription.newBuilder()
            .setDeliveryConfig(
                // Possible values for DeliveryRequirement:
                // - `DELIVER_IMMEDIATELY`
                // - `DELIVER_AFTER_STORED`
                // You may choose whether to wait for a published message to be successfully written
                // to storage before the server delivers it to subscribers. `DELIVER_IMMEDIATELY` is
                // suitable for applications that need higher throughput.
                DeliveryConfig.newBuilder()
                    .setDeliveryRequirement(DeliveryRequirement.DELIVER_IMMEDIATELY))
            .setName(subscriptionPath.toString())
            .setTopic(topicPath.toString())
            .build();

    AdminClientSettings adminClientSettings =
        AdminClientSettings.newBuilder().setRegion(CloudRegion.of(cloudRegion)).build();

    try (AdminClient adminClient = AdminClient.create(adminClientSettings)) {
      Subscription response = adminClient.createSubscription(subscription).get();
      System.out.println(response.getAllFields() + " created successfully.");
    } catch (ExecutionException e) {
      try {
        throw e.getCause();
      } catch (AlreadyExistsException alreadyExists) {
        System.out.println("This subscription already exists.");
      } catch (Throwable throwable) {
        throwable.printStackTrace();
      }
    }
  }
}

Python

To authenticate to Pub/Sub Lite, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

from google.api_core.exceptions import AlreadyExists
from google.cloud.pubsublite import AdminClient, Subscription
from google.cloud.pubsublite.types import (
    CloudRegion,
    CloudZone,
    SubscriptionPath,
    TopicPath,
)

# TODO(developer):
# project_number = 1122334455
# cloud_region = "us-central1"
# zone_id = "a"
# topic_id = "your-topic-id"
# subscription_id = "your-subscription-id"
# regional = True

if regional:
    location = CloudRegion(cloud_region)
else:
    location = CloudZone(CloudRegion(cloud_region), zone_id)

topic_path = TopicPath(project_number, location, topic_id)
subscription_path = SubscriptionPath(project_number, location, subscription_id)

subscription = Subscription(
    name=str(subscription_path),
    topic=str(topic_path),
    delivery_config=Subscription.DeliveryConfig(
        # Possible values for delivery_requirement:
        # - `DELIVER_IMMEDIATELY`
        # - `DELIVER_AFTER_STORED`
        # You may choose whether to wait for a published message to be successfully written
        # to storage before the server delivers it to subscribers. `DELIVER_IMMEDIATELY` is
        # suitable for applications that need higher throughput.
        delivery_requirement=Subscription.DeliveryConfig.DeliveryRequirement.DELIVER_IMMEDIATELY,
    ),
)

client = AdminClient(cloud_region)
try:
    response = client.create_subscription(subscription)
    print(f"{response.name} created successfully.")
except AlreadyExists:
    print(f"{subscription_path} already exists.")

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