@google-cloud/pubsub

What is @google-cloud/pubsub?

The @google-cloud/pubsub npm package is a client library for accessing Google Cloud Pub/Sub, a fully-managed real-time messaging service that allows you to send and receive messages between independent applications. This package provides an easy-to-use API to interact with Google Cloud Pub/Sub and is designed to handle the complexities of the underlying API operations.

What are @google-cloud/pubsub's main functionalities?

Publishing Messages

This feature allows you to publish messages to a topic. The code sample demonstrates how to create a PubSub client, get a reference to a topic, and publish a message to that topic.

const {PubSub} = require('@google-cloud/pubsub');
const pubsub = new PubSub();
const topic = pubsub.topic('my-topic');
const messageBuffer = Buffer.from('Hello, world!');
topic.publish(messageBuffer);

Subscribing to Topics

This feature enables you to subscribe to a topic and receive messages. The code sample shows how to create a PubSub client, get a reference to a subscription, and set up an event handler to process received messages.

const {PubSub} = require('@google-cloud/pubsub');
const pubsub = new PubSub();
const subscription = pubsub.subscription('my-subscription');
subscription.on('message', message => {
  console.log('Received message:', message.data.toString());
  message.ack();
});

Managing Topics and Subscriptions

This feature covers the management of topics and subscriptions, including creating and deleting them. The code sample illustrates how to create a new topic and delete an existing subscription.

const {PubSub} = require('@google-cloud/pubsub');
const pubsub = new PubSub();
// Create a new topic
pubsub.createTopic('new-topic').then(response => {
  console.log('Topic created:', response[0].name);
});
// Delete a subscription
pubsub.subscription('old-subscription').delete();

Other packages similar to @google-cloud/pubsub

aws-sdk

The AWS SDK for JavaScript provides a similar messaging service through Amazon SNS (Simple Notification Service) and SQS (Simple Queue Service). While AWS SDK supports both pub/sub and queue-based messaging, @google-cloud/pubsub is specifically optimized for Google Cloud's Pub/Sub service.

azure-sb

Azure-sb is a client library for Azure Service Bus, which also supports pub/sub messaging patterns. Compared to @google-cloud/pubsub, azure-sb is tailored for integration with Azure's ecosystem and supports additional features like message sessions and dead-letter queues.

rascal

Rascal is an abstraction layer over amqplib for RabbitMQ, a popular open-source message broker. Unlike @google-cloud/pubsub, which is a cloud-native service, Rascal with RabbitMQ can be used both on-premises and in the cloud, offering more flexibility in deployment models.

README

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