Create topic

Creates a topic.

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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;
namespace pubsub_admin = ::google::cloud::pubsub_admin;
[](pubsub_admin::TopicAdminClient client, std::string project_id,
   std::string topic_id) {
  auto topic = client.CreateTopic(
      pubsub::Topic(std::move(project_id), std::move(topic_id)).FullName());
  // Note that kAlreadyExists is a possible error when the library retries.
  if (topic.status().code() == google::cloud::StatusCode::kAlreadyExists) {
    std::cout << "The topic already exists\n";
    return;
  }
  if (!topic) throw std::move(topic).status();

  std::cout << "The topic was successfully created: " << topic->DebugString()
            << "\n";
}

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 Grpc.Core;
using System;

public class CreateTopicSample
{
    public Topic CreateTopic(string projectId, string topicId)
    {
        PublisherServiceApiClient publisher = PublisherServiceApiClient.Create();
        var topicName = TopicName.FromProjectTopic(projectId, topicId);
        Topic topic = null;

        try
        {
            topic = publisher.CreateTopic(topicName);
            Console.WriteLine($"Topic {topic.Name} created.");
        }
        catch (RpcException e) when (e.Status.StatusCode == StatusCode.AlreadyExists)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Topic {topicName} already exists.");
        }
        return topic;
    }
}

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"

	"cloud.google.com/go/pubsub/v2"
	"cloud.google.com/go/pubsub/v2/apiv1/pubsubpb"
)

func create(w io.Writer, projectID, topicID string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// topicID := "my-topic"
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := pubsub.NewClient(ctx, projectID)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("pubsub.NewClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	topic := &pubsubpb.Topic{
		Name: fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/topics/%s", projectID, topicID),
	}
	t, err := client.TopicAdminClient.CreateTopic(ctx, topic)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("CreateTopic: %w", err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Topic created: %v\n", t)
	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.TopicAdminClient;
import com.google.pubsub.v1.Topic;
import com.google.pubsub.v1.TopicName;
import java.io.IOException;

public class CreateTopicExample {
  public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String topicId = "your-topic-id";

    createTopicExample(projectId, topicId);
  }

  public static void createTopicExample(String projectId, String topicId) throws IOException {
    try (TopicAdminClient topicAdminClient = TopicAdminClient.create()) {
      TopicName topicName = TopicName.of(projectId, topicId);
      Topic topic = topicAdminClient.createTopic(topicName);
      System.out.println("Created topic: " + topic.getName());
    }
  }
}

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.

  }
]

exports['sample transformation correctly transforms TS 1'] = `
// Copyright 2021 Google LLC
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.

// This is a generated sample, using the typeless sample bot. Please
// look for the source TypeScript sample (.ts) for modifications.
'use strict';

/**
 * This application demonstrates how to perform basic operations on
 * schemas with the Google Cloud Pub/Sub API.
 *
 * For more information, see the README.md under /pubsub and the documentation
 * at https://cloud.google.com/pubsub/docs.
 */

// sample-metadata:
//   title: List schemas on a project
//   description: Gets a list of schemas which were previously created in the project.
//   usage: node listSchemas.js


// Imports the Google Cloud client library
const { PubSub } = require("@google-cloud/pubsub");

// Creates a client; cache this for further use
const pubSubClient = new PubSub();

async function listSchemas() {
  for await (const s of pubSubClient.listSchemas()) {
    console.log(s.name);
  }
  console.log('Listed schemas.');
}

function main() {
  listSchemas().catch((err) => {
    console.error(err.message);
    process.exitCode = 1;
  });
}

main();
`

exports['command line option "targets" works with a single sample file 1'] = `
// Copyright 2021 Google LLC
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.

// This is a generated sample, using the typeless sample bot. Please
// look for the source TypeScript sample (.ts) for modifications.
'use strict';

/**
 * This application demonstrates how to perform basic operations on
 * schemas with the Google Cloud Pub/Sub API.
 *
 * For more information, see the README.md under /pubsub and the documentation
 * at https://cloud.google.com/pubsub/docs.
 */

// sample-metadata:
//   title: List schemas on a project
//   description: Gets a list of schemas which were previously created in the project.
//   usage: node listSchemas.js


// Imports the Google Cloud client library
const { PubSub } = require("@google-cloud/pubsub");

// Creates a client; cache this for further use
const pubSubClient = new PubSub();

async function listSchemas() {
  for await (const s of pubSubClient.listSchemas()) {
    console.log(s.name);
  }
  console.log('Listed schemas.');
}

function main() {
  listSchemas().catch((err) => {
    console.error(err.message);
    process.exitCode = 1;
  });
}

main();
`

exports['command line option "targets" works with multiple sample files 1'] = [
]

exports['command line option "outputpath" causes the output to move 1'] = [
]

exports['command line option "recursive" causes recursion and only matches samples 1'] = [
]

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;

/**
 * Creates a Pub/Sub topic.
 *
 * @param string $projectId  The Google project ID.
 * @param string $topicName  The Pub/Sub topic name.
 */
function create_topic($projectId, $topicName)
{
    $pubsub = new PubSubClient([
        'projectId' => $projectId,
    ]);
    $topic = $pubsub->createTopic($topicName);

    printf('Topic created: %s' . PHP_EOL, $topic->name());
}

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.

# topic_id = "your-topic-id"

pubsub = Google::Cloud::PubSub.new
topic_admin = pubsub.topic_admin

topic = topic_admin.create_topic name: pubsub.topic_path(topic_id)

puts "Topic #{topic.name} created."

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