PubNub Python-asyncio SDK 5.1.1 · PubNub Asyncio Docs

Python version support

Python SDK versions 5.0.0 and higher no longer support Python v2.7 and the Twisted and Tornado frameworks. If you require support for any of these, use SDK version 4.8.1.

Note that PubNub will stop supporting versions of Python lower than 3.7 by the end of 2021.

Get Code: pip

The simplest way to get started is to install PubNub Python SDK via pip:

pip install pubnub

Get Code: git

git clone https://github.com/pubnub/python

Get Code: Source

https://github.com/pubnub/python

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Hello World

Add PubNub to your project using one of the procedures defined under How to Get It

Note

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. Not setting the UUID can significantly impact your billing if your account uses the Monthly Active Users (MAUs) based pricing model, and can also lead to unexpected behavior if you have Presence enabled.

import asyncio
from pubnub.callbacks import SubscribeCallback
from pubnub.enums import PNStatusCategory
from pubnub.pnconfiguration import PNConfiguration
from pubnub.pubnub_asyncio import PubNubAsyncio

pnconfig = PNConfiguration()
pnconfig.subscribe_key = 'demo'
pnconfig.publish_key = 'demo'
pnconfig.uuid = "my_custom_uuid"

pubnub = PubNubAsyncio(pnconfig)


async def main():
    def my_publish_callback(task):
        # Check whether request successfully completed or not
        if not task.exception():
            envelope = task.result()
            pass  # Message successfully published to specified channel.
        else:
            pass
            # Handle message publish error. Check 'category' property to find out possible issue
            # because of which request did fail.
            # Request can be resent using: [status retry];

    class MySubscribeCallback(SubscribeCallback):
        def presence(self, pubnub, presence):
            pass  # handle incoming presence data

        def status(self, pubnub, status):
            if status.category == PNStatusCategory.PNUnexpectedDisconnectCategory:
                pass  # This event happens when radio / connectivity is lost

            elif status.category == PNStatusCategory.PNConnectedCategory:
                # Connect event. You can do stuff like publish, and know you'll get it.
                # Or just use the connected event to confirm you are subscribed for
                # UI / internal notifications, etc
                asyncio.ensure_future(
                    pubnub.publish()
                    .channel("awesome_channel")
                    .message("hello!!").future()
                ).add_done_callback(my_publish_callback)

            elif status.category == PNStatusCategory.PNReconnectedCategory:
                pass
                # Happens as part of our regular operation.
                # This event happens when radio / connectivity is lost, then regained.
            elif status.category == PNStatusCategory.PNDecryptionErrorCategory:
                pass
                # Handle message decryption error. Probably client configured to
                # encrypt messages and on live data feed it received plain text.

        def message(self, pubnub, message):
            # Handle new message stored in message.message
            print(message.message)

    pubnub.add_listener(MySubscribeCallback())
    pubnub.subscribe().channels('awesome_channel').execute()

loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
loop.run_until_complete(main())
loop.run_forever()

Builders

There are two ways to invoke callbacks in PubNub Python SDK for asyncio:

Using result(). The builder returns a future that yields an only result, no state available on success call. Exceptions in this builder are raised explicitly. status field of an error is populated with an associated status object.

try:
    result = await pubnub.publish().message('hey').channel('blah').result()
    print(result)
except PubNubException as e:
    print("PubNubException: %s" % e)
    print("category id: #%d" % e.status.category)
    print("operation id: #%d" % e.status.operation)
    _handle_error(e)
except Exception as e:
    print("Error: %s" % e)
    _handle_error(e)

Using future(). The builder returns a future that yields a message envelope that wraps both a result (the same as in result() call) and a state objects. Exception, if any, will not be raised explicitly and you should check for it using e.is_error() helper. To access original exception value use e.value() method.
```
e = await pubnub.publish().message('hey').channel('blah').future()

if e.is_error():
    print("Error: %s" % e)
    print("category id: #%d" % e.status.category)
    print("operation id: #%d" % e.status.operation)
    _handle_error(e)
else:
    print(e.result)
```

Copy and paste examples

In addition to the Hello World sample code, we also provide some copy and paste snippets of common API functions:

Init

Instantiate a new Pubnub instance. Only the subscribe_key is mandatory. Also include publish_key if you intend to publish from this instance, and the secret_key if you wish to perform PAM administrative operations from this Python-asyncio instance.

Important

For security reasons you should only include the secret-key on a highly secured server. The secret-key is only required for granting rights using our Access Manager.

When you init with secret_key, you get root permissions for the Access Manager. With this feature you don't have to grant access to your servers to access channel data. The servers get all access on all channels.

Initializing the client

Note

from pubnub.pnconfiguration import PNConfiguration
from pubnub.pubnub_asyncio import PubNubAsyncio

pnconfig = PNConfiguration()
pnconfig.subscribe_key = "my_subkey"
pnconfig.publish_key = "my_pubkey"
pnconfig.uuid = "my_custom_uuid"
pnconfig.ssl = False

pubnub = PubNubAsyncio(pnconfig)

Listeners

Adding Listeners

from pubnub.callbacks import SubscribeCallback
from pubnub.enums import PNOperationType, PNStatusCategory

class MySubscribeCallback(SubscribeCallback):
    def status(self, pubnub, status):

        # The status object returned is always related to subscribe but could contain
        # information about subscribe, heartbeat, or errors
        # use the operationType to switch on different options
        if status.operation == PNOperationType.PNSubscribeOperation \
                or status.operation == PNOperationType.PNUnsubscribeOperation:
            if status.category == PNStatusCategory.PNConnectedCategory:
                pass
                # This is expected for a subscribe, this means there is no error or issue whatsoever
            elif status.category == PNStatusCategory.PNReconnectedCategory:
                pass
                # This usually occurs if subscribe temporarily fails but reconnects. This means
                # there was an error but there is no longer any issue
            elif status.category == PNStatusCategory.PNDisconnectedCategory:
                pass
                # This is the expected category for an unsubscribe. This means there
                # was no error in unsubscribing from everything
            elif status.category == PNStatusCategory.PNUnexpectedDisconnectCategory:
                pass
                # This is usually an issue with the internet connection, this is an error, handle
                # appropriately retry will be called automatically
            elif status.category == PNStatusCategory.PNAccessDeniedCategory:
                pass
                # This means that PAM does not allow this client to subscribe to this
                # channel and channel group configuration. This is another explicit error
            else:
                pass
                # This is usually an issue with the internet connection, this is an error, handle appropriately
                # retry will be called automatically
        elif status.operation == PNOperationType.PNSubscribeOperation:
            # Heartbeat operations can in fact have errors, so it is important to check first for an error.
            # For more information on how to configure heartbeat notifications through the status
            # PNObjectEventListener callback, consult http://www.pubnub.com/docs/sdks/python/asyncio/api-reference/configuration#configuration
            if status.is_error():
                pass
                # There was an error with the heartbeat operation, handle here
            else:
                pass
                # Heartbeat operation was successful
        else:
            pass
            # Encountered unknown status type

    def presence(self, pubnub, presence):
        pass  # handle incoming presence data

    def message(self, pubnub, message):
        pass  # handle incoming messages

    def signal(self, pubnub, signal):
        pass # handle incoming signals

pubnub.add_listener(MySubscribeCallback())

Removing Listeners

my_listener = MySubscribeCallback()

pubnub.add_listener(my_listener)

# some time later
pubnub.remove_listener(my_listener)

Handling Disconnects

from pubnub.callbacks import SubscribeCallback
from pubnub.enums import PNStatusCategory

class HandleDisconnectsCallback(SubscribeCallback):
    def status(self, pubnub, status):
        if status.category == PNStatusCategory.PNUnexpectedDisconnectCategory:
            # internet got lost, do some magic and call reconnect when ready
            pubnub.reconnect()
        elif status.category == PNStatusCategory.PNTimeoutCategory:
            # do some magic and call reconnect when ready
            pubnub.reconnect()
        else:
            logger.debug(status)

    def presence(self, pubnub, presence):
        pass

    def message(self, pubnub, message):
        pass

    def signal(self, pubnub, signal):
        pass

disconnect_listener = HandleDisconnectsCallback()

pubnub.add_listener(disconnect_listener)

Listener status events

Category	Description
`PNTimeoutCategory`	Failure to establish a connection to PubNub due to a timeout.
`PNBadRequestCategory`	The server responded with a bad response error because the request is malformed.
`PNNetworkIssuesCategory`	A subscribe event experienced an exception when running. The SDK isn't able to reach the PubNub Data Stream Network. This may be due to many reasons, such as: the machine or device isn't connected to the internet; the internet connection has been lost; your internet service provider is having trouble; or, perhaps the SDK is behind a proxy.
`PNReconnectedCategory`	The SDK was able to reconnect to PubNub.
`PNConnectedCategory`	SDK subscribed with a new mix of channels. This is fired every time the `channel` or `channel group` mix changes.
`PNUnexpectedDisconnectCategory`	Previously started subscribe loop did fail and at this moment client disconnected from real-time data channels.
`PNUnknownCategory`	Returned when the subscriber gets a non-200 HTTP response code from the server.

Time

Call time() to verify the client connectivity to the origin:

envelope = await pubnub.time().future()
    print('current time: %d' % envelope.result)

Subscribe (listen on) a channel:

pubnub.subscribe().channels("my_channel").execute()

Note

The response of the call is handled by adding a Listener. Please see the Listeners section for more details. Listeners should be added before calling the method.

Publish

Publish a message to a channel:

def publish_callback(task):
    exception = task.exception()

    if exception:
        envelope = task.result()
        # Handle PNPublishResult(envelope.result) and PNStatus (envelope.status)
        pass
    else:
        # Handle exception
        pass

asyncio.ensure_future(
    pubnub.publish().channel('such_channel').message(['hello', 'there']).future()
).add_done_callback(publish_callback)

await asyncio.sleep(10)

Here Now

Get occupancy of who's here now on the channel by UUID:

Note

Requires you to enable the Presence add-on for your key. Refer to the How do I enable add-on features for my keys? knowledge base article for details on enabling features.

envelope = await pubnub.here_now().channels(['cool_channel1', 'cool_channel2']).include_uuids(True).future()

if envelope.status.is_error():
    # handle error
    pass

for channel_data in envelope.result.channels:
    print("---")
    print("channel: %s" % channel_data.channel_name)
    print("occupancy: %s" % channel_data.occupancy)

    print("occupants: %s" % channel_data.channel_name)
for occupant in channel_data.occupants:
    print("uuid: %s, state: %s" % (occupant.uuid, occupant.state))

Presence

Subscribe to realtime Presence events, such as join, leave, and timeout, by UUID. Setting the presence attribute to a callback will subscribe to presents events on my_channel:

Note

Requires you to enable the Presence add-on for your key. Refer to the How do I enable add-on features for my keys? knowledge base article for details on enabling features.

pubnub.subscribe().channels("my_channel").with_presence().execute()

Note

The response of the call is handled by adding a Listener. Please see the Listeners section for more details. Listeners should be added before calling the method.

History

Retrieve published messages from archival storage:

Note

Requires that the Storage and Playback add-on is enabled for your key. How do I enable add-on features for my keys? - see https://support.pubnub.com/hc/en-us/articles/360051974791-How-do-I-enable-add-on-features-for-my-keys-

envelope = await pubnub.history().channel('history_channel').count(100).future()
# handle messages stored at evelope.result.messages
# status is available as envelope.status

Unsubscribe

Stop subscribing (listening) to a channel:

pubnub.unsubscribe().channels("my_channel").execute()

Note

The response of the call is handled by adding a Listener. Please see the Listeners section for more details. Listeners should be added before calling the method.