pubsub: allow simple publishing

Author: stephenplusplus

README.md

@@ -425,9 +425,7 @@ var pubsubClient = pubsub({
 var topic = pubsubClient.topic('my-topic');
 
 // Publish a message to the topic.
-topic.publish({
-  data: 'New message!'
-}, function(err) {});
+topic.publish('New message!', function(err) {});
 
 // Subscribe to the topic.
 var options = {

packages/pubsub/README.md

@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ var pubsub = require('@google-cloud/pubsub')({
 var topic = pubsub.topic('my-topic');
 
 // Publish a message to the topic.
-topic.publish({
-  data: 'New message!'
-}, function(err) {});
+topic.publish('New message!', function(err) {});
 
 // Subscribe to the topic.
 var options = {

packages/pubsub/src/topic.js

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 var arrify = require('arrify');
 var common = require('@google-cloud/common');
 var is = require('is');
-var prop = require('propprop');
 var util = require('util');
 
 /**
@@ -282,32 +281,27 @@ Topic.prototype.getSubscriptions = function(options, callback) {
  * @resource [Topics: publish API Documentation]{@link https://cloud.google.com/pubsub/reference/rest/v1/projects.topics/publish}
  *
  * @throws {Error} If no message is provided.
- * @throws {Error} If a message is missing a data property.
  *
- * @param {object|object[]} message - The message(s) to publish.
- * @param {*} message.data - The contents of the message.
- * @param {array=} message.attributes - Key/value pair of attributes to apply to
- *     the message. All values must be strings.
+ * @param {*|*[]} message - The message(s) to publish. If you need to
+ *     provide attributes for the message, you must enable `options.raw`, then
+ *     box your message in to an object with a `data` and `attributes` property.
+ *     `data` will be the raw message value you want to publish, and
+ *     `attributes` is a key/value pair of attributes to apply to the message.
+ * @param {object=} options - Configuration object.
+ * @param {boolean} options.raw - Enable if you require setting attributes on
+ *     your messages.
  * @param {function=} callback - The callback function.
  *
  * @example
- * topic.publish({
- *   data: 'Hello, world!'
- * }, function(err, messageIds, apiResponse) {});
+ * topic.publish('Hello, world!', function(err, messageIds, apiResponse) {});
  *
  * //-
- * // The data property can be a JSON object as well.
+ * // You can also publish a JSON object.
  * //-
  * var registerMessage = {
- *   data: {
- *     userId: 3,
- *     name: 'Stephen',
- *     event: 'new user'
- *   },
- *   attributes: {
- *     key: 'value',
- *     hello: 'world'
- *   }
+ *   userId: 3,
+ *   name: 'Stephen',
+ *   event: 'new user'
  * };
  *
  * topic.publish(registerMessage, function(err, messageIds, apiResponse) {});
@@ -327,28 +321,55 @@ Topic.prototype.getSubscriptions = function(options, callback) {
  *   registerMessage,
  *   purchaseMessage
  * ], function(err, messageIds, apiResponse) {});
+ *
+ * //-
+ * // Set attributes with your message.
+ * //-
+ * var message = {
+ *   data: {
+ *     userId: 3,
+ *     product: 'book',
+ *     event: 'rent'
+ *   },
+ *   attributes: {
+ *     key: 'value',
+ *     hello: 'world'
+ *   }
+ * };
+ *
+ * var options = {
+ *   raw: true
+ * };
+ *
+ * topic.publish(message, options, function(err, messageIds, apiResponse) {});
  */
-Topic.prototype.publish = function(messages, callback) {
+Topic.prototype.publish = function(messages, options, callback) {
   messages = arrify(messages);
 
-  if (messages.length === 0) {
-    throw new Error('Cannot publish without a message.');
-  }
-
-  if (!messages.every(prop('data'))) {
-    throw new Error('Cannot publish message without a `data` property.');
+  if (is.fn(options)) {
+    callback = options;
+    options = {};
   }
 
+  options = options || {};
   callback = callback || common.util.noop;
 
+  if (messages.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error('Cannot publish without a message.');
+  }
+
   var protoOpts = {
     service: 'Publisher',
     method: 'publish',
   };
 
   var reqOpts = {
     topic: this.name,
-    messages: messages.map(Topic.formatMessage_)
+    messages: messages
+      .map(function(message) {
+        return options.raw ? message : { data: message };
+      })
+      .map(Topic.formatMessage_)
   };
 
   this.request(protoOpts, reqOpts, function(err, result) {

packages/pubsub/system-test/pubsub.js

@@ -120,9 +120,23 @@ describe('pubsub', function() {
 
     it('should publish a message', function(done) {
       var topic = pubsub.topic(TOPIC_NAMES[0]);
-      topic.publish({ data: 'message from me' }, function(err, messageIds) {
+      topic.publish('message from me', function(err, messageIds) {
         assert.ifError(err);
-        assert.equal(messageIds.length, 1);
+        assert.strictEqual(messageIds.length, 1);
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should publish a message with attributes', function(done) {
+      var topic = pubsub.topic(TOPIC_NAMES[1]);
+      topic.publish({
+        data: 'raw message data',
+        attributes: {
+          raw: true
+        }
+      }, function(err, messageIds) {
+        assert.ifError(err);
+        assert.strictEqual(messageIds.length, 1);
         done();
       });
     });
@@ -166,7 +180,7 @@ describe('pubsub', function() {
           }
 
           async.times(10, function(_, next) {
-            topic.publish({ data: 'hello' }, next);
+            topic.publish('hello', next);
           }, function(err) {
             if (err) {
               done(err);

packages/pubsub/test/topic.js

@@ -180,7 +180,9 @@ describe('Topic', function() {
 
   describe('publish', function() {
     var message = 'howdy';
-    var messageObject = { data: message };
+    var attributes = {
+      key: 'value'
+    };
 
     it('should throw if no message is provided', function() {
       assert.throws(function() {
@@ -192,12 +194,6 @@ describe('Topic', function() {
       }, /Cannot publish without a message\./);
     });
 
-    it('should throw if a message has no data', function() {
-      assert.throws(function() {
-        topic.publish({});
-      }, /Cannot publish message without a `data` property\./);
-    });
-
     it('should send correct api request', function(done) {
       topic.request = function(protoOpts, reqOpts) {
         assert.strictEqual(protoOpts.service, 'Publisher');
@@ -211,15 +207,33 @@ describe('Topic', function() {
         done();
       };
 
-      topic.publish(messageObject, assert.ifError);
+      topic.publish(message, assert.ifError);
+    });
+
+    it('should send correct api request for raw message', function(done) {
+      topic.request = function(protoOpts, reqOpts) {
+        assert.deepEqual(reqOpts.messages, [
+          {
+            data: new Buffer(JSON.stringify(message)).toString('base64'),
+            attributes: attributes
+          }
+        ]);
+
+        done();
+      };
+
+      topic.publish({
+        data: message,
+        attributes: attributes
+      }, { raw: true }, assert.ifError);
     });
 
     it('should execute callback', function(done) {
       topic.request = function(protoOpts, reqOpts, callback) {
         callback(null, {});
       };
 
-      topic.publish(messageObject, done);
+      topic.publish(message, done);
     });
 
     it('should execute callback with error', function(done) {
@@ -230,7 +244,7 @@ describe('Topic', function() {
         callback(error, apiResponse);
       };
 
-      topic.publish(messageObject, function(err, ackIds, apiResponse_) {
+      topic.publish(message, function(err, ackIds, apiResponse_) {
         assert.strictEqual(err, error);
         assert.strictEqual(ackIds, null);
         assert.strictEqual(apiResponse_, apiResponse);
@@ -246,7 +260,7 @@ describe('Topic', function() {
         callback(null, resp);
       };
 
-      topic.publish(messageObject, function(err, ackIds, apiResponse) {
+      topic.publish(message, function(err, ackIds, apiResponse) {
         assert.deepEqual(resp, apiResponse);
         done();
       });