An idiomatic C++ client library forPub/Sub Lite API, a high-volume messaging service built for very low cost of operation by offering zonal storage and pre-provisioned capacity.
This library isexperimental. Its APIs are subject to change without notice.
Quickstart
The following shows the code that you'll run in thegoogle/cloud/pubsublite/quickstart/directory, which should give you a taste of the Pub/Sub Lite API C++ client library API.
This library offers multiple*Clientclasses, which are listed below. Each one of these classes exposes all the RPCs for a gRPCserviceas member functions of the class. This library groups multiple gRPC services because they are part of the same product or are often used together. A typical example may be the administrative and data plane operations for a single product.
The library also has other classes that provide helpers, configuration parameters, and infrastructure to mock the*Clientclasses when testing your application.
The library automatically retries requests that fail with transient errors, and usesexponential backoffto backoff between retries. Application developers can override the default policies.
More Information
Error Handling- describes how the library reports errors.
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Its APIs are subject to change without notice.\n\n### Quickstart\n\nThe following shows the code that you'll run in the `google/cloud/pubsublite/quickstart/` directory, which should give you a taste of the Pub/Sub Lite API C++ client library API. \n\n #include \"google/cloud/pubsublite/admin_client.h\"\n #include \"google/cloud/pubsublite/endpoint.h\"\n #include \"google/cloud/common_options.h\"\n #include \u003ciostream\u003e\n\n int main(int argc, char* argv[]) try {\n if (argc != 3) {\n std::cerr \u003c\u003c \"Usage: \" \u003c\u003c argv[0] \u003c\u003c \" project-id zone-id\\n\";\n return 1;\n }\n\n namespace gc = ::google::cloud;\n namespace pubsublite = ::google::cloud::pubsublite;\n auto const zone_id = std::string{argv[2]};\n auto endpoint = pubsublite::EndpointFromZone(zone_id);\n if (!endpoint) throw std::move(endpoint).status();\n auto client =\n pubsublite::AdminServiceClient(pubsublite::MakeAdminServiceConnection(\n gc::Options{}\n .set\u003cgc::EndpointOption\u003e(*endpoint)\n .set\u003cgc::AuthorityOption\u003e(*endpoint)));\n auto const parent =\n std::string{\"projects/\"} + argv[1] + \"/locations/\" + zone_id;\n for (auto topic : client.ListTopics(parent)) {\n if (!topic) throw std::move(topic).status();\n std::cout \u003c\u003c topic-\u003eDebugString() \u003c\u003c \"\\n\";\n }\n\n return 0;\n } catch (google::cloud::Status const& status) {\n std::cerr \u003c\u003c \"google::cloud::Status thrown: \" \u003c\u003c status \u003c\u003c \"\\n\";\n return 1;\n }\n\n### Main classes\n\nThis library offers multiple `*Client` classes, which are listed below. Each one of these classes exposes all the RPCs for a gRPC `service` as member functions of the class. This library groups multiple gRPC services because they are part of the same product or are often used together. A typical example may be the administrative and data plane operations for a single product.\n\nThe library also has other classes that provide helpers, configuration parameters, and infrastructure to mock the `*Client` classes when testing your application.\n\n- [`pubsublite::AdminServiceClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/pubsublite/2.11.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1pubsublite_1_1AdminServiceClient)\n- [`pubsublite::TopicStatsServiceClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/pubsublite/2.11.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1pubsublite_1_1TopicStatsServiceClient)\n\n### Retry, Backoff, and Idempotency Policies.\n\nThe library automatically retries requests that fail with transient errors, and uses [exponential backoff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_backoff) to backoff between retries. Application developers can override the default policies.\n\n### More Information\n\n- [Error Handling](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/common-error-handling.html) - describes how the library reports errors.\n- [How to Override the Default Endpoint](/cpp/docs/reference/pubsublite/2.11.0/pubsublite-override-endpoint) - describes how to override the default endpoint.\n- [How to Override the Authentication Credentials](/cpp/docs/reference/pubsublite/2.11.0/pubsublite-override-authentication) - describes how to change the authentication credentials used by the library.\n- [Environment Variables](/cpp/docs/reference/pubsublite/2.11.0/pubsublite-env) - describes environment variables that can configure the behavior of the library."]]