Configuration API for PubNub Lua SDK

Complete Lua API reference for building real-time applications on PubNub, including basic usage and sample code.

Initialization

Including the code

require "pubnub"

Description

This function is used for initializing the PubNub Client API context. This function must be called before attempting to utilize any API functionality in order to establish account level credentials such as publish_key and subscribe_key.

Method(s)

To Initialize PubNub you can use the following method(s) in the Lua SDK:

pubnub_obj = pubnub.new(configuration)

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
configuration	table	Yes	Table of initialization parameters (a kind of prototype to construct the PubNub object from). See Configuration Parameters for more details.

Configuration Parameters

Properties	Type	Required	Default	Description
publish_key	string	Optional (required only for publish)	none	The PubNub publish key.
subscribe_key	string	Yes	none	The PubNub subscribe key.
secret_key	string	Optional	none	The secret key.
auth_key	string	Optional	none	The auth key to access channels.
ssl	boolean	Optional	false	Whether to use SSL to connect to PubNub.
origin	string	Optional	ps.pndsn.com	The domain name to use to connect to PubNub.
uuid	string	Yes		UUID to use. You should set a unique UUID to identify the user or the device that connects to PubNub. It's a UTF-8 encoded string of up to 64 alphanumeric characters. If you don't set the UUID, you won't be able to connect to PubNub.

Basic Usage

Initialize the PubNub client API

Required UUID

Always set the UUID to uniquely identify the user or device that connects to PubNub. This UUID should be persisted, and should remain unchanged for the lifetime of the user or the device. If you don't set the UUID, you won't be able to connect to PubNub.

require "pubnub"

local pubnub_obj = pubnub.new({
    publish_key = "demo",
    subscribe_key = "demo",
    secret_key = "demo",
    ssl = false,
    origin = "ps.pndsn.com"
})

Returns

It returns the PubNub instance for invoking PubNub APIs like publish(), subscribe(), history(), here_now(), etc.