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This application does not need additional settings. So you can make connection only by using your login credentials or by following the instructions below.

Google Cloud Pub/Sub

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Getting Started with Google Cloud Pub/Sub

Prerequisites

In order to use Google Cloud Pub/Sub with Boost.space Integrator, it is necessary to have a Google account. If you do not have one, you can create a Google Cloud Pub/Sub account at accounts.google.com.

[Note] Note
The module dialog fields that are displayed in bold (in the Boost.space Integrator scenario, not in this documentation article) are mandatory!

Connecting Google Cloud Pub/Sub to Boost.space Integrator

To connect your Google Cloud Pub/Sub account to Boost.space Integrator, you’ll need to obtain the project’s Client ID and Client Secret in the Google Cloud Console.

  1. Sign in to Google Cloud console using your Google credentials.
  2. Click Select a project > NEW PROJECT. Enter the desired project name and click the CREATE button.

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  3. Select the project you have created.

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  4. Go to APIs & Services > Library.

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  5. Search and enable the following required APIs:

    • Cloud Resource Manager API

    The desired service option should display as you type. Click on the API/service you want to connect to Boost.space Integrator.


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  6. Click the ENABLE button to enable the selected API.
  7. Open APIs & Services > Library, and search and enable the two remaining required APIs (see step 5 above).
  8. Open Big Data > Pub/Sub. This will enable the rest of the required APIs in your project.

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  9. Navigate to APIs & Services > OAuth consent screen.

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  10. Choose the External option, and click the CREATE button.
    [Note] Note
    You will not be charged when selecting this option! For more details, please refer to Google’s Exceptions to verification requirements.
  11. Fill the required fields as follows and then click the Save and Continue button:

    App name
    Enter the name of the app asking for consent.

    For example Boost.space Integrator.


    Authorized domains
    Boost.space Integrator.com
  12. You don’t have to set anything in the Scopes and Optional info sections. Click Save and Continue.
  13. Navigate to Credentials. Click on the +CREATE CREDENTIALS, and select the OAuth Client ID option.

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  14. Fill in the required fields as follows, and then click the CREATE button to create the application:

    Application type
    Web application

    Name
    e.g. Boost.space Integrator

    Authorized redirect URIs
    https://www.Boost.space Integrator.com/oauth/cb/google-custom

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  15. A dialog containing the app’s Client ID and Client Secret is displayed. Save them to a safe place for later use.

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  16. Go to Boost.space Integrator, open the Create a connection dialog of the desired Google Cloud Pub/Sub module, enter the Client ID and Client Secret from step 15 above to the respective fields, and click Continue.

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  17. Sign in with your Google account.
  18. This app isn’t verified window may appear.
    [Note] Note
    The app is your OAuth client you have created above.
  19. Click on the Advanced link, and then on the Go to Boost.space Integrator (unsafe) link to allow access using your custom OAuth client.

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  20. Click Allow to grant Boost.space Integrator permission.

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  21. Click the Allow button to confirm your choices.

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The connection to your Google Cloud Pub/Sub has been established.

Message

Watch Messages

Triggers when a message is published for the specified topic.


webhook name
Enter the name for the webhook.

Connection
Establish a connection to your Pub/Sub.

Project
Select the project that contains the topic you want to watch for published messages.

Topic Name
Select the topic you want to watch for published messages.

Subscription Filter
Set the filter according to the filter syntax. If the filter is set, only messages that match this filter are returned.

Message Retention Duration
Enter the duration in seconds. Specify how long to retain unacknowledged messages in the subscription’s backlog, from the moment a message is published.

Minimum 10 minutes, maximum 7 days. The default is 7 days.Duration in seconds with up to nine fractional digits, terminated by ‘s’. Example: 3.5s.


Order Messages with an Ordering Key
If enabled, messages published with the same orderingKey in the message will be returned in the order in which they are received by the Pub/Sub system. Otherwise, they may be delivered in any order.

Enable Dead Lettering
Check to enable a dead letter policy, which specifies the conditions for dead lettering messages.Then, set the name of the topic to which dead letter messages should be published and the number of delivery attempts.

Retry after Exponential Backoff Delay
Check to enable a policy that specifies how Pub/Sub retries message delivery. Uncheck to retry immediately. Retry delay will be exponential based on provided minimum and maximum backoffs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_backoff.

Set the minimum and maximum backoff (in seconds).


Labels
Specify labels.

See Creating and managing labels.

An object containing a list of "key": value pairs. Example: { "name": "wrench", "mass": "1.3kg", "count": "3" }.

Publish Messages

Publishes a message to the specified topic.


Connection
Establish a connection to your Pub/Sub.

Topic Name
Enter the topic path in the following format: projects/{project}/topics/{topic}.

Or use the Search button to browse the desired topic.


Messages
Either message or attribute will be required to publish.


Data
Enter the message you want to publish to this topic.

Attributes
Enter attributes for the message.

Topic

List Topics

Returns a list of topics in the specified project.


Connection
Establish a connection to your Pub/Sub.

Project
Select or map the ID of the project you want to retrieve topics from.

Limit
Set the maximum number of topics Boost.space Integrator will return during one execution cycle.

List Topic Subscriptions

Returns a list of topic subscriptions.


Connection
Establish a connection to your Pub/Sub.

Topic Name
Enter the topic path in the following format: projects/{project}/topics/{topic}.

Or use the Search button to browse the desired topic you want to list subscriptions for.


Limit
Set the maximum number of subscriptions Boost.space Integrator will return during one execution cycle.

Create a Subscription

Creates a new subscription to a specified topic.


Connection
Establish a connection to your Pub/Sub.

Subscription ID
Specify the unique resource name.

Project
Select the project or map the ID of the project that contains the topic you want to create a subscription for.

Topic Name
Select the topic or map the ID of the topic you want to create a subscription for.

Enable Push Delivery
Check this option to use Push delivery instead of Pull delivery.

Enable Subscription Expiration
Check to enable a policy that specifies the conditions for this subscription’s expiration. A subscription is considered active as long as any connected subscriber is successfully consuming messages from the subscription or is issuing operations on the subscription.

Time To Live
Specify the “time-to-live” duration for an associated resource in seconds. The resource expires if it is not active for a period of ttl. The definition of “activity” depends on the type of the associated resource. The minimum and maximum allowed values for ttl depend on the type of the associated resource, as well. If ttl is not set, the associated resource never expires.

Indicate the duration in seconds with up to nine fractional digits, terminated by ‘s‘. Example: "3.5s".


Acknowledgement Deadline in Seconds
Enter the approximate amount of time (on a best-effort basis) Pub/Sub waits for the subscriber to acknowledge receipt before resending the message. In the interval after the message is delivered and before it is acknowledged, it is considered to be outstanding. During that time period, the message will not be redelivered (on a best-effort basis).

Subscription Filter
Set the filter according the filter syntax. If the filter is set, only messages that match this filter are returned.

Message Retention Duration
Enter the duration in seconds. Define how long to retain unacknowledged messages in the subscription’s backlog, from the moment a message is published.

Minimum 10 minutes, maximum 7 days. The default is 7 days.Duration in seconds with up to nine fractional digits, terminated by ‘s’. Example: 3.5s.


Retain Acknowledged Messages
If enabled, messages are not expunged from the subscription’s backlog, even if they are acknowledged, until they fall out of the Message Retention Duration window.

Order Messages with an Ordering Key
If enabled, messages published with the same orderingKey in the message will be returned in the order in which they are received by the Pub/Sub system. Otherwise, they may be delivered in any order.

Enabled Dead Lettering
Check to enable a dead letter policy, the policy that specifies the conditions for dead lettering messages.Then, set the name of the topic to which dead letter messages should be published and the number of delivery attempts.

Retry after Exponential Backoff Delay
Check to enable a policy that specifies how Pub/Sub retries message delivery. Uncheck to retry immediately. Retry delay will be exponential based on provided minimum and maximum backoffs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_backoff.

Set the minimum and maximum backoff (in seconds).


Labels
Specify labels.

See Creating and managing labels.

An object containing a list of "key": value pairs. Example: { "name": "wrench", "mass": "1.3kg", "count": "3" }.

Update a Subscription

Updates an existing subscription.


Connection
Establish a connection to your Pub/Sub.

Subscription Name
Enter the path to the subscription you want to update in the following format: projects/{project}/subscriptions/{sub}. Or, browse the subscription using the Search button.

Please find the descriptions of the fields in the Create a Subscription section above.

Delete a Subscription

Deletes a subscription. All messages retained in the subscription are immediately dropped.After a subscription is deleted, a new one may be created with the same name, but the new one has no association with the old subscription or its topic unless the same topic is specified.


Connection
Establish a connection to your Pub/Sub.

Subscription Name
Enter the path to the subscription you want to delete in the following format: projects/{project}/subscriptions/{sub}. Or, browse the subscription using the Search button.

Other

Make an API Call

Allows you to perform a custom API call.


Connection
Establish a connection to your Pub/Sub.

URL
Enter a path relative to https://pubsub.googleapis.com.For example: /v1/projects/{project}/topics/{topic}.

[Note] Note
For the list of available endpoints, refer to the Pub/Sub API Documentation.

Method
Select the HTTP method you want to use:


GET

to retrieve information for an entry.


POST

to create a new entry.


PUT

to update/replace an existing entry.


PATCH

to make a partial entry update.


DELETE

to delete an entry.


Headers
Enter the desired request headers. You don’t have to add authorization headers; we’ve already added those for you.

Query String
Enter the request query string.

Body
Enter the body content for your API call.

Example of Use – List Snapshots

The following API call returns all snapshots in the specified topic:

URL:

/v1/projects/{project}/topics/{topic}/snapshots/

Method:

GET

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The result can be found in the module’s Output under Bundle > Body > snapshots.

In our example, 3 snapshots were returned:

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