Utility Methods API for Python SDK

The methods on this page are utility methods that don't fit into other categories.

Disconnect

Call the disconnect() method to force the SDK to stop all requests to PubNub server when there are active subscribe channels.

Method(s)

To disconnect() the data transmission you can use the following method(s) in Python SDK.

1disconnect()

This method doesn't take any arguments.

Sample code

Reference code

This example is a self-contained code snippet ready to be run. It includes necessary imports and executes methods with console logging. Use it as a reference when working with other examples in this document.

1import os
2from pubnub.pnconfiguration import PNConfiguration
3from pubnub.pubnub import PubNub
4

5

6def disconnect_from_pubnub(pubnub: PubNub):
7    pubnub._subscription_manager.disconnect()
8    print("Disconnected from PubNub.")
9

10

11def main():
12    # Configuration for PubNub instance
13    pn_config = PNConfiguration()
14    pn_config.subscribe_key = os.getenv('PUBNUB_SUBSCRIBE_KEY', 'demo')
15    pn_config.user_id = os.getenv('PUBNUB_USER_ID', 'my_custom_user_id')
16

17    # Initialize PubNub client
18    pubnub = PubNub(pn_config)
19

20    # Disconnect from PubNub
21    disconnect_from_pubnub(pubnub)
22

23

24if __name__ == "__main__":
25    main()

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Reconnect

Call the reconnect() method to force the SDK to try and reach out PubNub.

Method(s)

To reconnect() the data transmission you can use the following method(s) in Python SDK.

1pubnub.reconnect()

This method doesn't take any arguments.

Get subscribed channels

Returns all the subscribed channels in a list.

Method(s)

To Get Subscribed Channels you can use the following method(s) in the Python SDK:

pubnub.get_subscribed_channels()

Sample code

Get subscribed channels

1channels = pubnub.get_subscribed_channels()

Returns

List

1["my_ch1", "my_ch2"]

Get subscribed channel groups

Returns all the subscribed channel groups in a list.

Method(s)

To Get Subscribe Channel Groups you can use the following method(s) in the Python SDK:

pubnub.get_subscribed_channel_groups()

Sample code

Get subscribed channel groups

1channels = pubnub.get_subscribed_channel_groups()

Returns

List

1["my_group1", "my_group2"]