Google Pubsub

Since Camel 2.19

Both producer and consumer are supported

The Google Pubsub component provides access to Cloud Pub/Sub Infrastructure via the Google Cloud Java Client for Google Cloud Pub/Sub.

Maven users will need to add the following dependency to their pom.xml for this component:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-google-pubsub</artifactId>
    <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
    <version>x.x.x</version>
</dependency>

URI Format

The Google Pubsub Component uses the following URI format:

google-pubsub://project-id:destinationName?[options]

Destination Name can be either a topic or a subscription name.

Options

The Google Pubsub component supports 7 options, which are listed below.

Name Description Default Type

endpoint (common)

Endpoint to use with local Pub/Sub emulator.

String

bridgeErrorHandler (consumer)

Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

false

boolean

lazyStartProducer (producer)

Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing.

false

boolean

publisherCacheSize (producer)

Maximum number of producers to cache. This could be increased if you have producers for lots of different topics.

int

publisherCacheTimeout (producer)

How many milliseconds should each producer stay alive in the cache.

int

autowiredEnabled (advanced)

Whether autowiring is enabled. This is used for automatic autowiring options (the option must be marked as autowired) by looking up in the registry to find if there is a single instance of matching type, which then gets configured on the component. This can be used for automatic configuring JDBC data sources, JMS connection factories, AWS Clients, etc.

true

boolean

publisherTerminationTimeout (advanced)

How many milliseconds should a producer be allowed to terminate.

int

The Google Pubsub endpoint is configured using URI syntax:

google-pubsub:projectId:destinationName

with the following path and query parameters:

Path Parameters (2 parameters):

Name Description Default Type

projectId

Required Project Id

String

destinationName

Required Destination Name

String

Query Parameters (11 parameters):

Name Description Default Type

ackMode (common)

AUTO = exchange gets ack’ed/nack’ed on completion. NONE = downstream process has to ack/nack explicitly. There are 2 enums and the value can be one of: AUTO, NONE

AUTO

AckMode

concurrentConsumers (common)

The number of parallel streams consuming from the subscription

1

Integer

loggerId (common)

Logger ID to use when a match to the parent route required

String

maxMessagesPerPoll (common)

The max number of messages to receive from the server in a single API call

1

Integer

synchronousPull (common)

Synchronously pull batches of messages

false

boolean

bridgeErrorHandler (consumer)

Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

false

boolean

exceptionHandler (consumer)

To let the consumer use a custom ExceptionHandler. Notice if the option bridgeErrorHandler is enabled then this option is not in use. By default the consumer will deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

ExceptionHandler

exchangePattern (consumer)

Sets the exchange pattern when the consumer creates an exchange. There are 3 enums and the value can be one of: InOnly, InOut, InOptionalOut

ExchangePattern

lazyStartProducer (producer)

Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing.

false

boolean

serializer (producer)

Autowired A custom GooglePubsubSerializer to use for serializing message payloads in the producer

GooglePubsubSerializer

synchronous (advanced)

Sets whether synchronous processing should be strictly used, or Camel is allowed to use asynchronous processing (if supported).

false

boolean

Spring Boot Auto-Configuration

When using Spring Boot make sure to use the following Maven dependency to have support for auto configuration:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.camel.springboot</groupId>
  <artifactId>camel-google-pubsub-starter</artifactId>
  <version>x.x.x</version>
  <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>

The component supports 8 options, which are listed below.

Name Description Default Type

camel.component.google-pubsub.basic-property-binding

Whether the component should use basic property binding (Camel 2.x) or the newer property binding with additional capabilities

false

Boolean

camel.component.google-pubsub.bridge-error-handler

Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

false

Boolean

camel.component.google-pubsub.enabled

Whether to enable auto configuration of the google-pubsub component. This is enabled by default.

Boolean

Producer Endpoints

Producer endpoints can accept and deliver to PubSub individual and grouped exchanges alike. Grouped exchanges have Exchange.GROUPED_EXCHANGE property set.

Google PubSub expects the payload to be byte[] array, Producer endpoints will send:

  • String body as byte[] encoded as UTF-8

  • byte[] body as is

  • Everything else will be serialised into byte[] array

A Map set as message header GooglePubsubConstants.ATTRIBUTES will be sent as PubSub attributes. Once exchange has been delivered to PubSub the PubSub Message ID will be assigned to the header GooglePubsubConstants.MESSAGE_ID.

Consumer Endpoints

Google PubSub will redeliver the message if it has not been acknowledged within the time period set as a configuration option on the subscription.

The component will acknowledge the message once exchange processing has been completed.

If the route throws an exception, the exchange is marked as failed and the component will NACK the message - it will be redelivered immediately.

To ack/nack the message the component uses Acknowledgement ID stored as header GooglePubsubConstants.ACK_ID. If the header is removed or tampered with, the ack will fail and the message will be redelivered again after the ack deadline.

Message Headers

Headers set by the consumer endpoints:

  • GooglePubsubConstants.MESSAGE_ID

  • GooglePubsubConstants.ATTRIBUTES

  • GooglePubsubConstants.PUBLISH_TIME

Message Body

The consumer endpoint returns the content of the message as byte[] - exactly as the underlying system sends it. It is up for the route to convert/unmarshall the contents.

Authentication Configuration

The location of the default credentials file is configurable - via GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS environment variable.

Rollback and Redelivery

The rollback for Google PubSub relies on the idea of the Acknowledgement Deadline - the time period where Google PubSub expects to receive the acknowledgement. If the acknowledgement has not been received, the message is redelivered.

Google provides an API to extend the deadline for a message.

More information in Google PubSub Documentation

So, rollback is effectively a deadline extension API call with zero value - i.e. deadline is reached now and message can be redelivered to the next consumer.

It is possible to delay the message redelivery by setting the acknowledgement deadline explicitly for the rollback by setting the message header GooglePubsubConstants.ACK_DEADLINE to the value in seconds.

Spring Boot Auto-Configuration

When using google-pubsub with Spring Boot make sure to use the following Maven dependency to have support for auto configuration:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.camel.springboot</groupId>
  <artifactId>camel-google-pubsub-starter</artifactId>
  <version>x.x.x</version>
  <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>

The component supports 8 options, which are listed below.

Name Description Default Type

camel.component.google-pubsub.autowired-enabled

Whether autowiring is enabled. This is used for automatic autowiring options (the option must be marked as autowired) by looking up in the registry to find if there is a single instance of matching type, which then gets configured on the component. This can be used for automatic configuring JDBC data sources, JMS connection factories, AWS Clients, etc.

true

Boolean

camel.component.google-pubsub.bridge-error-handler

Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

false

Boolean

camel.component.google-pubsub.enabled

Whether to enable auto configuration of the google-pubsub component. This is enabled by default.

Boolean

camel.component.google-pubsub.endpoint

Endpoint to use with local Pub/Sub emulator.

String

camel.component.google-pubsub.lazy-start-producer

Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing.

false

Boolean

camel.component.google-pubsub.publisher-cache-size

Maximum number of producers to cache. This could be increased if you have producers for lots of different topics.

Integer

camel.component.google-pubsub.publisher-cache-timeout

How many milliseconds should each producer stay alive in the cache.

Integer

camel.component.google-pubsub.publisher-termination-timeout

How many milliseconds should a producer be allowed to terminate.

Integer