Channel Groups API for PubNub Python SDK

Channel Groups allows PubNub developers to bundle thousands of channels into a group that can be identified by name. These Channel Groups can then be subscribed to, receiving data from the many back-end channels the channel group contains.

Learn more about our Channel Groups here.

Channel Group operations

You can't publish to a Channel Group. You can only subscribe to it. To publish within Channel Group, you need to publish to each channel individually.

Adding Channels

Requires Stream Controller add-on

This method requires that the Stream Controller add-on is enabled for your key in the Admin Portal. Read the support page on enabling add-on features on your keys.

Description

This function adds a channel to a channel group.

Method(s)

Adding Channels is accomplished by using the following method(s) in the Python SDK:

Maximum number of channels

200 channels can be added to the channel group per API call.

pubnub.add_channel_to_channel_group().channels(String|List|Tuple).channel_group(String)

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
channels	String | List | Tuple	Yes	The channel to add to the channel_group.
channel_group	String	Yes	The channel_group to add the channels to.

Basic Usage

Adding Channels

pubnub.add_channel_to_channel_group().\
    channels(["ch1", "ch2"]).\
    channel_group("cg1").\
    sync()

Listing Channels

Requires Stream Controller add-on

This method requires that the Stream Controller add-on is enabled for your key in the Admin Portal. Read the support page on enabling add-on features on your keys.

Description

This function lists all the channels of the channel group.

Method(s)

Listing Channels is accomplished by using the following method(s) in the Python SDK:

pubnub.list_channels_in_channel_group().channel_group(String)

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
channel_group	String	Yes	The channel group to fetch channels.

Basic Usage

Listing Channels

pubnub.list_channels_in_channel_group().\
    channel_group("cg1").sync()

Removing Channels

Requires Stream Controller add-on

This method requires that the Stream Controller add-on is enabled for your key in the Admin Portal. Read the support page on enabling add-on features on your keys.

Description

This function removes the channels from the channel group.

Method(s)

Removing Channels is accomplished by using the following method(s) in the Python SDK:

pubnub.remove_channel_from_channel_group().channels(String|List|Tuple).channel_group(String)

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
channels	String | List | Tuple	Yes	The channels to remove from the channel group.
channel_group	String	Yes	Specifies channel_group to remove the channels from.

Basic Usage

Removing channels

pubnub.remove_channel_from_channel_group().\
    channels(["son", "daughter"]).\
    channel_group("channel_group").\
    sync()

Deleting Channel Group

Requires Stream Controller add-on

This method requires that the Stream Controller add-on is enabled for your key in the Admin Portal. Read the support page on enabling add-on features on your keys.

Description

This function removes the channel group.

Method(s)

Deleting Channel Group is accomplished by using the following method(s) in the Python SDK:

pubnub.remove_channel_group().channel_group(String)

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
channel_group	String	Yes	The channel group to remove.

Basic Usage

Deleting Channel Group

pubnub.remove_channel_group().\
    channel_group("cg1").sync()