Subscribe quickstart

A quickstart sample for receiving messages from a subscription.

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For detailed documentation that includes this code sample, see the following:

Publish and receive messages in Pub/Sub by using a client library

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 .

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

  #include 
  
 "google/cloud/pubsub/message.h" 
 #include 
  
 "google/cloud/pubsub/subscriber.h" 
 #include <iostream> 
 int 
  
 main 
 ( 
 int 
  
 argc 
 , 
  
 char 
 * 
  
 argv 
 []) 
  
 try 
  
 { 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 argc 
  
 != 
  
 3 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 std 
 :: 
 cerr 
 << 
 "Usage: " 
 << 
 argv 
 [ 
 0 
 ] 
 << 
 " <project-id> <subscription-id> 
 \n 
 " 
 ; 
  
 return 
  
 1 
 ; 
  
 } 
  
 std 
 :: 
 string 
  
 const 
  
 project_id 
  
 = 
  
 argv 
 [ 
 1 
 ]; 
  
 std 
 :: 
 string 
  
 const 
  
 subscription_id 
  
 = 
  
 argv 
 [ 
 2 
 ]; 
  
 auto 
  
 constexpr 
  
 kWaitTimeout 
  
 = 
  
 std 
 :: 
 chrono 
 :: 
 seconds 
 ( 
 30 
 ); 
  
 // Create a namespace alias to make the code easier to read. 
  
 namespace 
  
 pubsub 
  
 = 
  
 :: 
 google 
 :: 
 cloud 
 :: 
 pubsub 
 ; 
  
 auto 
  
 subscriber 
  
 = 
  
 pubsub 
 :: 
 Subscriber 
 ( 
 pubsub 
 :: 
 MakeSubscriberConnection 
 ( 
  
 pubsub 
 :: 
 Subscription 
 ( 
 project_id 
 , 
  
 subscription_id 
 ))); 
  
 auto 
  
 session 
  
 = 
  
 subscriber 
 . 
 Subscribe 
 ([&]( 
 pubsub 
 :: 
 Message 
  
 const 
&  
 m 
 , 
  
 pubsub 
 :: 
 AckHandler 
  
 h 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 std 
 :: 
 cout 
 << 
 "Received message " 
 << 
 m 
 << 
 " 
 \n 
 " 
 ; 
  
 std 
 :: 
 move 
 ( 
 h 
 ). 
 ack 
 (); 
  
 }); 
  
 std 
 :: 
 cout 
 << 
 "Waiting for messages on " 
  
 + 
  
 subscription_id 
  
 + 
  
 "... 
 \n 
 " 
 ; 
  
 // Blocks until the timeout is reached. 
  
 auto 
  
 result 
  
 = 
  
 session 
 . 
 wait_for 
 ( 
 kWaitTimeout 
 ); 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 result 
  
 == 
  
 std 
 :: 
 future_status 
 :: 
 timeout 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 std 
 :: 
 cout 
 << 
 "timeout reached, ending session 
 \n 
 " 
 ; 
  
 session 
 . 
 cancel 
 (); 
  
 } 
  
 return 
  
 0 
 ; 
 } 
  
 catch 
  
 ( 
 google 
 :: 
 cloud 
 :: 
 Status 
  
 const 
&  
 status 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 std 
 :: 
 cerr 
 << 
 "google::cloud::Status thrown: " 
 << 
 status 
 << 
 " 
 \n 
 " 
 ; 
  
 return 
  
 1 
 ; 
 }

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 .

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

  using 
  
  Google.Cloud.PubSub.V1 
 
 ; 
 using 
  
 System 
 ; 
 using 
  
 System.Threading 
 ; 
 using 
  
 System.Threading.Tasks 
 ; 
 public 
  
 class 
  
 PullMessagesAsyncSample 
 { 
  
 public 
  
 async 
  
 Task<int> 
  
 PullMessagesAsync 
 ( 
 string 
  
 projectId 
 , 
  
 string 
  
 subscriptionId 
 , 
  
 bool 
  
 acknowledge 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
  SubscriptionName 
 
  
 subscriptionName 
  
 = 
  
  SubscriptionName 
 
 . 
  FromProjectSubscription 
 
 ( 
 projectId 
 , 
  
 subscriptionId 
 ); 
  
  SubscriberClient 
 
  
 subscriber 
  
 = 
  
 await 
  
  SubscriberClient 
 
 . 
  CreateAsync 
 
 ( 
 subscriptionName 
 ); 
  
 // SubscriberClient runs your message handle function on multiple 
  
 // threads to maximize throughput. 
  
 int 
  
 messageCount 
  
 = 
  
 0 
 ; 
  
 Task 
  
 startTask 
  
 = 
  
 subscriber 
 . 
  StartAsync 
 
 (( 
  PubsubMessage 
 
  
 message 
 , 
  
 CancellationToken 
  
 cancel 
 ) 
  
 = 
>  
 { 
  
 string 
  
 text 
  
 = 
  
 message 
 . 
 Data 
 . 
 ToStringUtf8 
 (); 
  
 Console 
 . 
 WriteLine 
 ( 
 $"Message {message.MessageId}: {text}" 
 ); 
  
 Interlocked 
 . 
 Increment 
 ( 
 ref 
  
 messageCount 
 ); 
  
 return 
  
 Task 
 . 
 FromResult 
 ( 
 acknowledge 
  
 ? 
  
  SubscriberClient 
 
 . 
  Reply 
 
 . 
  Ack 
 
  
 : 
  
  SubscriberClient 
 
 . 
  Reply 
 
 . 
  Nack 
 
 ); 
  
 }); 
  
 // Run for 5 seconds. 
  
 await 
  
 Task 
 . 
 Delay 
 ( 
 5000 
 ); 
  
 await 
  
 subscriber 
 . 
  StopAsync 
 
 ( 
 CancellationToken 
 . 
 None 
 ); 
  
 // Lets make sure that the start task finished successfully after the call to stop. 
  
 await 
  
 startTask 
 ; 
  
 return 
  
 messageCount 
 ; 
  
 } 
 }

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 .

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

  import 
  
 ( 
  
 "context" 
  
 "fmt" 
  
 "io" 
  
 "sync/atomic" 
  
 "time" 
  
 "cloud.google.com/go/pubsub/v2" 
 ) 
 func 
  
 pullMsgs 
 ( 
 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: %w" 
 , 
  
 err 
 ) 
  
 } 
  
 defer 
  
 client 
 . 
 Close 
 () 
  
 // client.Subscriber can be passed a subscription ID (e.g. "my-sub") or 
  
 // a fully qualified name (e.g. "projects/my-project/subscriptions/my-sub"). 
  
 // If a subscription ID is provided, the project ID from the client is used. 
  
 sub 
  
 := 
  
 client 
 . 
 Subscriber 
 ( 
 subID 
 ) 
  
 // Receive messages for 10 seconds, which simplifies testing. 
  
 // Comment this out in production, since `Receive` should 
  
 // be used as a long running operation. 
  
 ctx 
 , 
  
 cancel 
  
 := 
  
 context 
 . 
 WithTimeout 
 ( 
 ctx 
 , 
  
 10 
 * 
 time 
 . 
 Second 
 ) 
  
 defer 
  
 cancel 
 () 
  
 var 
  
 received 
  
 int32 
  
 err 
  
 = 
  
 sub 
 . 
 Receive 
 ( 
 ctx 
 , 
  
 func 
 ( 
 _ 
  
 context 
 . 
 Context 
 , 
  
 msg 
  
 * 
 pubsub 
 . 
 Message 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 fmt 
 . 
 Fprintf 
 ( 
 w 
 , 
  
 "Got message: %q\n" 
 , 
  
 string 
 ( 
 msg 
 . 
 Data 
 )) 
  
 atomic 
 . 
 AddInt32 
 ( 
& received 
 , 
  
 1 
 ) 
  
 msg 
 . 
 Ack 
 () 
  
 }) 
  
 if 
  
 err 
  
 != 
  
 nil 
  
 { 
  
 return 
  
 fmt 
 . 
 Errorf 
 ( 
 "sub.Receive: %w" 
 , 
  
 err 
 ) 
  
 } 
  
 fmt 
 . 
 Fprintf 
 ( 
 w 
 , 
  
 "Received %d messages\n" 
 , 
  
 received 
 ) 
  
 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 .

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

  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 
 SubscribeAsyncExample 
  
 { 
  
 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" 
 ; 
  
 subscribeAsyncExample 
 ( 
 projectId 
 , 
  
 subscriptionId 
 ); 
  
 } 
  
 public 
  
 static 
  
 void 
  
 subscribeAsyncExample 
 ( 
 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 
  
 { 
  
 subscriber 
  
 = 
  
  Subscriber 
 
 . 
 newBuilder 
 ( 
 subscriptionName 
 , 
  
 receiver 
 ). 
 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 
 (); 
  
 } 
  
 } 
 }

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 .

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

  /** 
  
 * 
  
 TODO 
 ( 
 developer 
 ): 
  
 Uncomment 
  
 these 
  
 variables 
  
 before 
  
 running 
  
 the 
  
 sample 
 . 
  
 */ 
 // 
  
 const 
  
 subscriptionNameOrId 
  
 = 
  
 'YOUR_SUBSCRIPTION_NAME_OR_ID' 
 ; 
 // 
  
 const 
  
 timeout 
  
 = 
  
 60 
 ; 
 // 
  
 Imports 
  
 the 
  
 Google 
  
 Cloud 
  
 client 
  
 library 
 const 
  
 { 
 PubSub 
 } 
  
 = 
  
 require 
 ( 
 '@google-cloud/pubsub' 
 ); 
 // 
  
 Creates 
  
 a 
  
 client 
 ; 
  
 cache 
  
 this 
  
 for 
  
 further 
  
 use 
 const 
  
 pubSubClient 
  
 = 
  
 new 
  
 PubSub 
 (); 
 function 
  
 listenForMessages 
 ( 
 subscriptionNameOrId 
 , 
  
 timeout 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 // 
  
 References 
  
 an 
  
 existing 
  
 subscription 
 ; 
  
 if 
  
 you 
  
 are 
  
 unsure 
  
 if 
  
 the 
  
 // 
  
 subscription 
  
 will 
  
 exist 
 , 
  
 try 
  
 the 
  
 optimisticSubscribe 
  
 sample 
 . 
  
 const 
  
 subscription 
  
 = 
  
 pubSubClient 
 . 
 subscription 
 ( 
 subscriptionNameOrId 
 ); 
  
 // 
  
 Create 
  
 an 
  
 event 
  
 handler 
  
 to 
  
 handle 
  
 messages 
  
 let 
  
 messageCount 
  
 = 
  
 0 
 ; 
  
 const 
  
 messageHandler 
  
 = 
  
 message 
  
 = 
>  
 { 
  
 console 
 . 
 log 
 ( 
 ` 
 Received 
  
 message 
  
 $ 
 { 
 message 
 . 
 id 
 }: 
 ` 
 ); 
  
 console 
 . 
 log 
 ( 
 ` 
\ tData 
 : 
  
 $ 
 { 
 message 
 . 
 data 
 } 
 ` 
 ); 
  
 console 
 . 
 log 
 ( 
 ` 
\ tAttributes 
 : 
  
 $ 
 { 
 message 
 . 
 attributes 
 } 
 ` 
 ); 
  
 messageCount 
  
 += 
  
 1 
 ; 
  
 // 
  
 "Ack" 
  
 ( 
 acknowledge 
  
 receipt 
  
 of 
 ) 
  
 the 
  
 message 
  
 message 
 . 
 ack 
 (); 
  
 }; 
  
 // 
  
 Listen 
  
 for 
  
 new 
  
 messages 
  
 until 
  
 timeout 
  
 is 
  
 hit 
  
 subscription 
 . 
 on 
 ( 
 'message' 
 , 
  
 messageHandler 
 ); 
  
 // 
  
 Wait 
  
 a 
  
 while 
  
 for 
  
 the 
  
 subscription 
  
 to 
  
 run 
 . 
  
 ( 
 Part 
  
 of 
  
 the 
  
 sample 
  
 only 
 . 
 ) 
  
 setTimeout 
 (() 
  
 = 
>  
 { 
  
 subscription 
 . 
 removeListener 
 ( 
 'message' 
 , 
  
 messageHandler 
 ); 
  
 console 
 . 
 log 
 ( 
 ` 
 $ 
 { 
 messageCount 
 } 
  
 message 
 ( 
 s 
 ) 
  
 received 
 . 
 ` 
 ); 
  
 }, 
  
 timeout 
  
 * 
  
 1000 
 ); 
 }

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 .

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

  /** 
 * 
 TODO 
 ( 
 developer 
 ): 
 Uncomment 
 these 
 variables 
 before 
 running 
 the 
 sample 
 . 
 */ 
 // 
 const 
 subscriptionNameOrId 
 = 
 'YOUR_SUBSCRIPTION_NAME_OR_ID' 
 ; 
 // 
 const 
 timeout 
 = 
 60 
 ; 
 // 
 Imports 
 the 
 Google 
 Cloud 
 client 
 library 
 import 
  
 { 
 PubSub 
 , 
 Message 
 } 
 from 
  
 '@google-cloud/pubsub' 
 ; 
 // 
 Creates 
 a 
 client 
 ; 
 cache 
 this 
 for 
 further 
 use 
 const 
 pubSubClient 
 = 
 new 
 PubSub 
 (); 
 function 
 listenForMessages 
 ( 
 subscriptionNameOrId 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 timeout 
 : 
 number 
 ) 
 { 
 // 
 References 
 an 
 existing 
 subscription 
 ; 
 if 
 you 
 are 
 unsure 
 if 
 the 
 // 
 subscription 
 will 
 exist 
 , 
 try 
 the 
 optimisticSubscribe 
 sample 
 . 
 const 
 subscription 
 = 
 pubSubClient 
 . 
 subscription 
 ( 
 subscriptionNameOrId 
 ); 
 // 
 Create 
 an 
 event 
 handler 
 to 
 handle 
 messages 
 let 
 messageCount 
 = 
 0 
 ; 
 const 
 messageHandler 
 = 
 ( 
 message 
 : 
 Message 
 ) 
 = 
> { 
 console 
 . 
 log 
 ( 
 ` 
 Received 
 message 
 $ 
 { 
 message 
 . 
 id 
 }: 
 ` 
 ); 
 console 
 . 
 log 
 ( 
 ` 
\ tData 
 : 
 $ 
 { 
 message 
 . 
 data 
 } 
 ` 
 ); 
 console 
 . 
 log 
 ( 
 ` 
\ tAttributes 
 : 
 $ 
 { 
 message 
 . 
 attributes 
 } 
 ` 
 ); 
 messageCount 
 += 
 1 
 ; 
 // 
 "Ack" 
 ( 
 acknowledge 
 receipt 
 of 
 ) 
 the 
 message 
 message 
 . 
 ack 
 (); 
 }; 
 // 
 Listen 
 for 
 new 
 messages 
 until 
 timeout 
 is 
 hit 
 subscription 
 . 
 on 
 ( 
 'message' 
 , 
 messageHandler 
 ); 
 // 
 Wait 
 a 
 while 
 for 
 the 
 subscription 
 to 
 run 
 . 
 ( 
 Part 
 of 
 the 
 sample 
 only 
 . 
 ) 
 setTimeout 
 (() 
 = 
> { 
 subscription 
 . 
 removeListener 
 ( 
 'message' 
 , 
 messageHandler 
 ); 
 console 
 . 
 log 
 ( 
 `$ 
 { 
 messageCount 
 } 
 message 
 ( 
 s 
 ) 
 received 
 . 
 ` 
 ); 
 }, 
 timeout 
 * 
 1000 
 ); 
 }

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 .

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

  use Google\Cloud\PubSub\PubSubClient; 
 /** 
 * Pulls all Pub/Sub messages for a subscription. 
 * 
 * @param string $projectId  The Google project ID. 
 * @param string $subscriptionName  The Pub/Sub subscription name. 
 */ 
 function pull_messages($projectId, $subscriptionName) 
 { 
 $pubsub = new PubSubClient([ 
 'projectId' => $projectId, 
 ]); 
 $subscription = $pubsub->subscription($subscriptionName); 
 foreach ($subscription->pull() as $message) { 
 printf('Message: %s' . PHP_EOL, $message->data()); 
 // Acknowledge the Pub/Sub message has been received, so it will not be pulled multiple times. 
 $subscription->acknowledge($message); 
 } 
 }

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 .

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

  from 
  
 concurrent.futures 
  
 import 
 TimeoutError 
 from 
  
 google.cloud 
  
 import 
 pubsub_v1 
 # TODO(developer) 
 # project_id = "your-project-id" 
 # subscription_id = "your-subscription-id" 
 # Number of seconds the subscriber should listen for messages 
 # timeout = 5.0 
 subscriber 
 = 
 pubsub_v1 
 . 
  SubscriberClient 
 
 () 
 # The `subscription_path` method creates a fully qualified identifier 
 # in the form `projects/{project_id}/subscriptions/{subscription_id}` 
 subscription_path 
 = 
 subscriber 
 . 
 subscription_path 
 ( 
 project_id 
 , 
 subscription_id 
 ) 
 def 
  
 callback 
 ( 
 message 
 : 
 pubsub_v1 
 . 
 subscriber 
 . 
 message 
 . 
  Message 
 
 ) 
 - 
> None 
 : 
 print 
 ( 
 f 
 "Received 
 { 
 message 
 } 
 ." 
 ) 
 message 
 . 
  ack 
 
 () 
 streaming_pull_future 
 = 
  subscribe 
 
r . 
  subscribe 
 
 ( 
 subscription_path 
 , 
 callback 
 = 
 callback 
 ) 
 print 
 ( 
 f 
 "Listening for messages on 
 { 
 subscription_path 
 } 
 .. 
 \n 
 " 
 ) 
 # Wrap subscriber in a 'with' block to automatically call close() when done. 
 with 
 subscriber 
 : 
 try 
 : 
 # When `timeout` is not set, result() will block indefinitely, 
 # unless an exception is encountered first. 
 streaming_pull_future 
 . 
 result 
 ( 
 timeout 
 = 
 timeout 
 ) 
 except 
 TimeoutError 
 : 
 streaming_pull_future 
 . 
 cancel 
 () 
 # Trigger the shutdown. 
 streaming_pull_future 
 . 
 result 
 () 
 # Block until the shutdown is complete.

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 .

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

  # subscription_id = "your-subscription-id" 
 pubsub 
  
 = 
  
 Google 
 :: 
 Cloud 
 :: 
  PubSub 
 
 . 
  new 
 
 subscriber 
  
 = 
  
 pubsub 
 . 
  subscriber 
 
  
 subscription_id 
 listener 
  
 = 
  
 subscriber 
 . 
  listen 
 
  
 do 
  
 | 
 received_message 
 | 
  
 puts 
  
 "Received message: 
 #{ 
 received_message 
 . 
 data 
 } 
 " 
  
 received_message 
 . 
  acknowledge! 
 
 end 
 listener 
 . 
  start 
 
 # Let the main thread sleep for 60 seconds so the thread for listening 
 # messages does not quit 
 sleep 
  
 60 
 listener 
 . 
 stop 
 . 
 wait!

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