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 .

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

  namespace 
  
 pubsub 
  
 = 
  
 :: 
 google 
 :: 
 cloud 
 :: 
 pubsub 
 ; 
 using 
  
 :: 
 google 
 :: 
 cloud 
 :: 
 future 
 ; 
 using 
  
 :: 
 google 
 :: 
 cloud 
 :: 
 GrpcBackgroundThreadPoolSizeOption 
 ; 
 using 
  
 :: 
 google 
 :: 
 cloud 
 :: 
 Options 
 ; 
 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 
 )), 
  
 Options 
 {} 
  
 . 
 set<pubsub 
 :: 
 MaxConcurrencyOption 
> ( 
 8 
 ) 
  
 . 
 set<GrpcBackgroundThreadPoolSizeOption> 
 ( 
 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 
 )); 
 }; 
 

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 
  
 SubscriberConcurrencyControlSample 
 { 
  
 public 
  
 async 
  
 Task<int> 
  
 SubscribeWithConcurrencyControlAsync 
 ( 
 string 
  
 projectId 
 , 
  
 string 
  
 subscriptionId 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
  SubscriptionName 
 
  
 subscriptionName 
  
 = 
  
  SubscriptionName 
 
 . 
  FromProjectSubscription 
 
 ( 
 projectId 
 , 
  
 subscriptionId 
 ); 
  
  SubscriberClient 
 
  
 subscriber 
  
 = 
  
 await 
  
 new 
  
  SubscriberClientBuilder 
 
  
 { 
  
 SubscriptionName 
  
 = 
  
 subscriptionName 
 , 
  
 // Normally the number of clients depends on the number of processors. 
  
 // Here we explicitly request 2 concurrent clients instead. 
  
 ClientCount 
  
 = 
  
 2 
  
 }. 
 BuildAsync 
 (); 
  
 int 
  
 count 
  
 = 
  
 0 
 ; 
  
 Task 
  
 startTask 
  
 = 
  
 subscriber 
 . 
  StartAsync 
 
 (( 
  PubsubMessage 
 
  
 message 
 , 
  
 CancellationToken 
  
 cancellationToken 
 ) 
  
 = 
>  
 { 
  
 string 
  
 text 
  
 = 
  
 message 
 . 
 Data 
 . 
 ToStringUtf8 
 (); 
  
 Console 
 . 
 WriteLine 
 ( 
 $"Received message: {text}" 
 ); 
  
 Interlocked 
 . 
 Increment 
 ( 
 ref 
  
 count 
 ); 
  
 return 
  
 Task 
 . 
 FromResult 
 ( 
  SubscriberClient 
 
 . 
  Reply 
 
 . 
  Ack 
 
 ); 
  
 }); 
  
 // Run for 10 seconds. 
  
 await 
  
 Task 
 . 
 Delay 
 ( 
 10 
 _000 
 ); 
  
 await 
  
 subscriber 
 . 
  StopAsync 
 
 ( 
 CancellationToken 
 . 
 None 
 ); 
  
 // Lets make sure that the start task finished successfully after the call to stop. 
  
 await 
  
 startTask 
 ; 
  
 return 
  
 count 
 ; 
  
 } 
 } 
 

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 
  
 pullMsgsConcurrencyControl 
 ( 
 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 
 ) 
  
 // NumGoroutines determines the number of streams sub.Receive will spawn to pull 
  
 // messages. It is recommended to set this to 1, unless your throughput 
  
 // is greater than 10 MB/s, as even having 1 stream can still result in 
  
 // messages being handled asynchronously. 
  
 sub 
 . 
 ReceiveSettings 
 . 
 NumGoroutines 
  
 = 
  
 1 
  
 // MaxOutstandingMessages limits the number of concurrent handlers of messages. 
  
 // In this case, up to 8 unacked messages can be handled concurrently. 
  
 sub 
 . 
 ReceiveSettings 
 . 
 MaxOutstandingMessages 
  
 = 
  
 8 
  
 // 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 
  
 // Receive blocks until the context is cancelled or an error occurs. 
  
 err 
  
 = 
  
 sub 
 . 
 Receive 
 ( 
 ctx 
 , 
  
 func 
 ( 
 _ 
  
 context 
 . 
 Context 
 , 
  
 msg 
  
 * 
 pubsub 
 . 
 Message 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 atomic 
 . 
 AddInt32 
 ( 
& received 
 , 
  
 1 
 ) 
  
 msg 
 . 
 Ack 
 () 
  
 }) 
  
 if 
  
 err 
  
 != 
  
 nil 
  
 { 
  
 return 
  
 fmt 
 . 
 Errorf 
 ( 
 "sub.Receive returned error: %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.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 .

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 
 # Use 2 threads for streaming, 4 threads for executing callbacks and 2 threads 
 # for sending acknowledgements and/or delays 
 listener 
  
 = 
  
 subscriber 
 . 
  listen 
 
  
 streams 
 : 
  
 2 
 , 
  
 threads 
 : 
  
 { 
  
 callback 
 : 
  
 4 
 , 
  
 push 
 : 
  
 2 
 } 
  
 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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