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

The Pub/Sub service allows applications to exchange messages reliably, quickly, and asynchronously. The following is the sequence of events:

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1. A producer of data publishes a message to a Pub/Sub topic.
2. A subscriber client creates a subscription to that topic and consumes messages from the subscription.

You can set up a Pub/Sub environment by using any of the
following methods: Google Cloud console, Cloud Shell, client libraries, or
REST APIs. This page shows you how to get started publishing messages with
Pub/Sub using client libraries.

Pub/Sub offers a high-level and a low-level auto-generated
client library. By default, as in this quickstart,
we recommend the high-level client library.

*** ** * ** ***

To follow step-by-step guidance for this task directly in the
Google Cloud console, click **Guide me**:

[Guide me](https://console.cloud.google.com/?tutorial=pubsub--publish_receive_messages_console)

*** ** * ** ***

## Before you begin

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## Install the client libraries

The following samples show you how to install the client libraries:

### Python


For more on setting up your Python development environment, refer to [Python Development Environment Setup Guide](https://docs.cloud.google.com/python/docs/setup.md.txt).

```
# ensure that you are using virtualenv
# as described in the python dev setup guide

pip install --upgrade google-cloud-pubsub
```

<br />

### C++


For more information about installing the C++ library,
see the [GitHub `README`](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-cpp/tree/master/google/cloud/pubsub/quickstart)

<br />

### C#


```
Install-Package Google.Cloud.PubSub.V1 -Pre
```

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### Go


For a list of supported runtimes, see [Supported Go Versions](https://docs.cloud.google.com/go/getting-started/supported-go-versions.md.txt).

```
go get cloud.google.com/go/pubsub/v2
```

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### Java


If you are using [Maven](https://maven.apache.org/), add
the following to your `pom.xml` file. For more information about
BOMs, see [The Google Cloud Platform Libraries BOM](https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/bom).

```java
<dependencyManagement>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
      <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
      <version>26.76.0</version>
      <type>pom</type>
      <scope>import</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>

<dependencies>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
    <artifactId>google-cloud-pubsub</artifactId>
  </dependency>

</dependencies>
```

If you are using [Gradle](https://gradle.org/),
add the following to your dependencies:

```java
implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:26.80.0')

implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-pubsub'
```

If you are using [sbt](https://www.scala-sbt.org/), add
the following to your dependencies:

```java
libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-pubsub" % "1.150.2"
```

If you're using Visual Studio Code or IntelliJ, you can add client libraries to your
project using the following IDE plugins:

- [Cloud Code for VS Code](https://docs.cloud.google.com/code/docs/vscode/client-libraries.md.txt)
- [Cloud Code for IntelliJ](https://docs.cloud.google.com/code/docs/intellij/client-libraries.md.txt)

The plugins provide additional functionality, such as key management for service accounts. Refer
to each plugin's documentation for details.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** Cloud Java client libraries do not currently support Android.

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### Node.js


```
npm install @google-cloud/pubsub
```

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### PHP


```
composer require google/cloud-pubsub
```

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### Ruby


```
gem install google-cloud-pubsub
```

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### Rust


```
cargo add google-cloud-pubsub
```

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## Create a topic and a subscription

After you create a topic, you can subscribe or publish to it.

Use the following
[`gcloud pubsub topics create`](https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/pubsub/topics/create) command to create a topic named `my-topic`. Don't change
the name of the topic, because it's referenced throughout the rest of the
tutorial.

```bash
gcloud pubsub topics create my-topic
```

Use the
[`gcloud pubsub subscriptions
create`](https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/pubsub/subscriptions/create) command to create a subscription. Only messages published
to the topic after the subscription is created are available to subscriber
applications.

```bash
gcloud pubsub subscriptions create my-sub --topic my-topic
```

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** If you get an error that states `400 Invalid resource name given`, your resource name contains an invalid character. For more information about naming your topics and subscriptions, see [Resource
> names](https://docs.cloud.google.com/pubsub/docs/pubsub-basics#resource_names).

## Publish messages

Before running the following samples, make sure you uncomment and fill in any of
the required values that are marked in the code. This is required to link the
sample to your project and Pub/Sub resources that you created
earlier.

Use `my-topic` for your topic ID.

### Python

```python
from google.cloud import pubsub_v1

# TODO(developer)
# project_id = "your-project-id"
# topic_id = "your-topic-id"

publisher = pubsub_v1.PublisherClient()
# The `topic_path` method creates a fully qualified identifier
# in the form `projects/{project_id}/topics/{topic_id}`
topic_path = publisher.topic_path(project_id, topic_id)

for n in range(1, 10):
    data_str = f"Message number {n}"
    # Data must be a bytestring
    data = data_str.encode("utf-8")
    # When you publish a message, the client returns a future.
    future = publisher.publish(topic_path, data)
    print(future.result())

print(f"Published messages to {topic_path}.")
```

### C++


```c++
#include "google/cloud/pubsub/publisher.h"
#include <iostream>

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) try {
  if (argc != 3) {
    std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " <project-id> <topic-id>\n";
    return 1;
  }

  std::string const project_id = argv[1];
  std::string const topic_id = argv[2];

  // Create a namespace alias to make the code easier to read.
  namespace pubsub = ::google::cloud::pubsub;

  auto publisher = pubsub::Publisher(
      pubsub::MakePublisherConnection(pubsub::Topic(project_id, topic_id)));
  auto id =
      publisher
          .Publish(pubsub::MessageBuilder{}.SetData("Hello World!").Build())
          .get();
  if (!id) throw std::move(id).status();
  std::cout << "Hello World published with id=" << *id << "\n";

  return 0;
} catch (google::cloud::Status const& status) {
  std::cerr << "google::cloud::Status thrown: " << status << "\n";
  return 1;
}
```

<br />

### C#


```c#

using Google.Cloud.PubSub.V1;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

public class PublishMessagesAsyncSample
{
    public async Task<int> PublishMessagesAsync(string projectId, string topicId, IEnumerable<string> messageTexts)
    {
        TopicName topicName = TopicName.FromProjectTopic(projectId, topicId);
        PublisherClient publisher = await PublisherClient.CreateAsync(topicName);

        int publishedMessageCount = 0;
        var publishTasks = messageTexts.Select(async text =>
        {
            try
            {
                string message = await publisher.PublishAsync(text);
                Console.WriteLine($"Published message {message}");
                Interlocked.Increment(ref publishedMessageCount);
            }
            catch (Exception exception)
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"An error occurred when publishing message {text}: {exception.Message}");
            }
        });
        await Task.WhenAll(publishTasks);
        // PublisherClient instance should be shutdown after use.
        // The TimeSpan specifies for how long to attempt to publish locally queued messages.
        await publisher.ShutdownAsync(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(15));
        return publishedMessageCount;
    }
}
```

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### Go


```go
import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

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

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

	// client.Publisher can be passed a topic ID (e.g. "my-topic") or
	// a fully qualified name (e.g. "projects/my-project/topics/my-topic").
	// If a topic ID is provided, the project ID from the client is used.
	// Reuse this publisher for all publish calls to send messages in batches.
	publisher := client.Publisher(topicID)
	result := publisher.Publish(ctx, &pubsub.Message{
		Data: []byte(msg),
	})
	// Block until the result is returned and a server-generated
	// ID is returned for the published message.
	id, err := result.Get(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("pubsub: result.Get: %w", err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Published a message; msg ID: %v\n", id)
	return nil
}
```

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### Java


```java

import com.google.api.core.ApiFuture;
import com.google.cloud.pubsub.v1.Publisher;
import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
import com.google.pubsub.v1.PubsubMessage;
import com.google.pubsub.v1.TopicName;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

public class PublisherExample {
  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";

    publisherExample(projectId, topicId);
  }

  public static void publisherExample(String projectId, String topicId)
      throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
    TopicName topicName = TopicName.of(projectId, topicId);

    Publisher publisher = null;
    try {
      // Create a publisher instance with default settings bound to the topic
      publisher = Publisher.newBuilder(topicName).build();

      String message = "Hello World!";
      ByteString data = ByteString.copyFromUtf8(message);
      PubsubMessage pubsubMessage = PubsubMessage.newBuilder().setData(data).build();

      // Once published, returns a server-assigned message id (unique within the topic)
      ApiFuture<String> messageIdFuture = publisher.publish(pubsubMessage);
      String messageId = messageIdFuture.get();
      System.out.println("Published message ID: " + messageId);
    } finally {
      if (publisher != null) {
        // When finished with the publisher, shutdown to free up resources.
        publisher.shutdown();
        publisher.awaitTermination(1, TimeUnit.MINUTES);
      }
    }
  }
}
```

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### Node.js


```javascript
/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
 */
// const topicNameOrId = 'YOUR_TOPIC_NAME_OR_ID';
// const data = JSON.stringify({foo: 'bar'});

// 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 publishMessage(topicNameOrId, data) {
  // Publishes the message as a string, e.g. "Hello, world!" or JSON.stringify(someObject)
  const dataBuffer = Buffer.from(data);

  // Cache topic objects (publishers) and reuse them.
  const topic = pubSubClient.topic(topicNameOrId);

  try {
    const messageId = await topic.publishMessage({data: dataBuffer});
    console.log(`Message ${messageId} published.`);
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(`Received error while publishing: ${error.message}`);
    process.exitCode = 1;
  }
}
```

<br />

### Node.js


```javascript
/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
 */
// const topicNameOrId = 'YOUR_TOPIC_NAME_OR_ID';
// const data = JSON.stringify({foo: 'bar'});

// Imports the Google Cloud client library
import {PubSub} from '@google-cloud/pubsub';

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

async function publishMessage(topicNameOrId: string, data: string) {
  // Publishes the message as a string, e.g. "Hello, world!" or JSON.stringify(someObject)
  const dataBuffer = Buffer.from(data);

  // Cache topic objects (publishers) and reuse them.
  const topic = pubSubClient.topic(topicNameOrId);

  try {
    const messageId = await topic.publishMessage({data: dataBuffer});
    console.log(`Message ${messageId} published.`);
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(
      `Received error while publishing: ${(error as Error).message}`,
    );
    process.exitCode = 1;
  }
}
```

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### PHP


```php
use Google\Cloud\PubSub\MessageBuilder;
use Google\Cloud\PubSub\PubSubClient;

/**
 * Publishes a message for a Pub/Sub topic.
 *
 * @param string $projectId  The Google project ID.
 * @param string $topicName  The Pub/Sub topic name.
 * @param string $message  The message to publish.
 */
function publish_message($projectId, $topicName, $message)
{
    $pubsub = new PubSubClient([
        'projectId' => $projectId,
    ]);

    $topic = $pubsub->topic($topicName);
    $topic->publish((new MessageBuilder)->setData($message)->build());

    print('Message published' . PHP_EOL);
}
```

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### Ruby


```ruby
# topic_id = "your-topic-id"

pubsub = Google::Cloud::PubSub.new
publisher = pubsub.publisher topic_id

publisher.publish "This is a test message."

puts "Message published."
```

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### Rust


```rust
use google_cloud_pubsub::client::Publisher;
use google_cloud_pubsub::model::Message;

pub async fn sample(project_id: &str, topic_id: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
    let topic_name = format!("projects/{project_id}/topics/{topic_id}");
    let publisher = Publisher::builder(topic_name).build().await?;

    let message = Message::new().set_data("Hello, World!");
    let message_id = publisher.publish(message).await?;

    println!("published message with ID: {message_id}");
    Ok(())
}
```

<br />

## Receive messages

Set up a subscriber to pull the messages you just published. Every subscriber
must acknowledge each message within a configurable time window. Unacknowledged
messages are redelivered. Note that Pub/Sub occasionally
delivers a message more than once to ensure that all messages make it to a
subscriber at least once.

Before running the following samples, make sure you uncomment and fill in any of
the required values that are marked in the code. This is required to link the
sample to your project and Pub/Sub resources that you created
earlier.

Use `my-sub` for your subscription ID.

For more examples that show how to pull messages, see [Client Library code samples](https://docs.cloud.google.com/pubsub/docs/pull.md.txt#client_library_code_samples).

### Python

```python
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 = subscriber.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.
```

### C++


```c++
#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;
}
```

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### C#


```c#

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;
    }
}
```

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### Go


```go
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
}
```

<br />

### Java


```java

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();
    }
  }
}
```

<br />

### Node.js


```javascript
/**
 * 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);
}
```

<br />

### PHP


```php
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);
    }
}
```

<br />

### Ruby


```ruby
# 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!
```

<br />

### Rust


```rust
use google_cloud_pubsub::client::Subscriber;
use std::time::Duration;

pub async fn sample(project_id: &str, subscription_id: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
    let subscription_name = format!("projects/{project_id}/subscriptions/{subscription_id}");
    let client = Subscriber::builder().build().await?;
    let mut stream = client.subscribe(subscription_name).build();

    // Terminate the example after 10 seconds.
    let shutdown_token = stream.shutdown_token();
    let shutdown = tokio::spawn(async move {
        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(10)).await;
        shutdown_token.shutdown().await;
    });

    println!("listening for messages...");

    while let Some((message, handler)) = stream.next().await.transpose()? {
        println!("received message: {message:?}");
        handler.ack();
    }
    shutdown.await?;

    println!("done listening for messages");
    Ok(())
}
```

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## Clean up (optional)

1. To avoid incurring charges to your Google Cloud account for the resources used in this guide, you can use the [command line](https://docs.cloud.google.com/pubsub/docs/create-topic-gcloud) to delete the topic and subscription.

   ```bash
     gcloud pubsub subscriptions delete my-sub
     gcloud pubsub topics delete my-topic
   ```
2.
   Optional: Revoke the authentication credentials that you created, and delete the local
   credential file.

   ```bash
   gcloud auth application-default revoke
   ```
3.
   Optional: Revoke credentials from the gcloud CLI.

   ```bash
   gcloud auth revoke
   ```

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## What's next

- Learn more about the Pub/Sub [concepts](https://docs.cloud.google.com/pubsub/docs/overview.md.txt)
  discussed in this page.

- Read the [basics of the Pub/Sub service](https://docs.cloud.google.com/pubsub/docs/pubsub-basics.md.txt).

- Learn how to [build a one-to-many Pub/Sub system](https://docs.cloud.google.com/pubsub/docs/building-pubsub-messaging-system.md.txt), which creates a publisher application that publishes to two separate subscriber applications.

- Try another Pub/Sub quickstart that
  uses the [gcloud CLI](https://docs.cloud.google.com/pubsub/docs/publish-receive-messages-gcloud.md.txt)
  or the [console](https://docs.cloud.google.com/pubsub/docs/publish-receive-messages-console.md.txt).

- Learn how to create [topics](https://docs.cloud.google.com/pubsub/docs/create-topic.md.txt)
  and publish [messages](https://docs.cloud.google.com/pubsub/docs/publisher.md.txt).

- [Choose](https://docs.cloud.google.com/pubsub/docs/subscriber.md.txt) or [create](https://docs.cloud.google.com/pubsub/docs/create-subscription.md.txt) a subscription.

- Learn more about [Pub/Sub APIs](https://docs.cloud.google.com/pubsub/docs/reference/service_apis_overview.md.txt).

- Learn how to run Pub/Sub using [Kotlin](https://medium.com/google-cloud/using-cloud-pub-sub-from-kotlin-d501f7d65e24).