Pub/Sub tool for ADK¶

Supported in ADKPython v1.22.0

The PubSubToolset allows agents to interact with Google Cloud Pub/Sub service to publish, pull, and acknowledge messages.

Prerequisites¶

Before using the PubSubToolset, you need to:

Enable the Pub/Sub API in your Google Cloud project.
Authenticate and authorize: Ensure that the principal (e.g., user, service account) running the agent has the necessary IAM permissions to perform Pub/Sub operations. For more information on Pub/Sub roles, see the Pub/Sub access control documentation.
Create a topic or subscription: Create a topic to publish messages and create a subscription to receive them.

Usage¶

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import asyncio
import os

from google.adk.agents import Agent
from google.adk.runners import Runner
from google.adk.sessions import InMemorySessionService
from google.adk.tools.pubsub.config import PubSubToolConfig
from google.adk.tools.pubsub.pubsub_credentials import PubSubCredentialsConfig
from google.adk.tools.pubsub.pubsub_toolset import PubSubToolset
from google.genai import types
import google.auth

# Define constants for this example agent
AGENT_NAME = "pubsub_agent"
APP_NAME = "pubsub_app"
USER_ID = "user1234"
SESSION_ID = "1234"
GEMINI_MODEL = "gemini-2.0-flash"

# Define Pub/Sub tool config.
# You can optionally set the project_id here, or let the agent infer it from context/user input.
tool_config = PubSubToolConfig(project_id=os.getenv("GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT"))

# Uses externally-managed Application Default Credentials (ADC) by default.
# This decouples authentication from the agent / tool lifecycle.
# https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/provide-credentials-adc
application_default_credentials, _ = google.auth.default()
credentials_config = PubSubCredentialsConfig(
    credentials=application_default_credentials
)

# Instantiate a Pub/Sub toolset
pubsub_toolset = PubSubToolset(
    credentials_config=credentials_config, pubsub_tool_config=tool_config
)

# Agent Definition
pubsub_agent = Agent(
    model=GEMINI_MODEL,
    name=AGENT_NAME,
    description=(
        "Agent to publish, pull, and acknowledge messages from Google Cloud"
        " Pub/Sub."
    ),
    instruction="""\
        You are a cloud engineer agent with access to Google Cloud Pub/Sub tools.
        You can publish messages to topics, pull messages from subscriptions, and acknowledge messages.
    """,
    tools=[pubsub_toolset],
)

# Session and Runner
session_service = InMemorySessionService()
session = asyncio.run(
    session_service.create_session(
        app_name=APP_NAME, user_id=USER_ID, session_id=SESSION_ID
    )
)
runner = Runner(
    agent=pubsub_agent, app_name=APP_NAME, session_service=session_service
)


# Agent Interaction
def call_agent(query):
    """
    Helper function to call the agent with a query.
    """
    content = types.Content(role="user", parts=[types.Part(text=query)])
    events = runner.run(user_id=USER_ID, session_id=SESSION_ID, new_message=content)

    print("USER:", query)
    for event in events:
        if event.is_final_response():
            final_response = event.content.parts[0].text
            print("AGENT:", final_response)


call_agent("publish 'Hello World' to 'my-topic'")
call_agent("pull messages from 'my-subscription'")

Tools¶

The PubSubToolset includes the following tools:

`publish_message`¶

Publishes a message to a Pub/Sub topic.

Parameter	Type	Description
`topic_name`	`str`	The name of the Pub/Sub topic (e.g., `projects/my-project/topics/my-topic`).
`message`	`str`	The message content to publish.
`attributes`	`dict[str, str]`	(Optional) Attributes to attach to the message.
`ordering_key`	`str`	(Optional) The ordering key for the message. If you set this parameter, messages are published in order.

`pull_messages`¶

Pulls messages from a Pub/Sub subscription.

Parameter	Type	Description
`subscription_name`	`str`	The name of the Pub/Sub subscription (e.g., `projects/my-project/subscriptions/my-sub`).
`max_messages`	`int`	(Optional) The maximum number of messages to pull. Defaults to `1`.
`auto_ack`	`bool`	(Optional) Whether to automatically acknowledge the messages. Defaults to `False`.

`acknowledge_messages`¶

Acknowledges one or more messages on a Pub/Sub subscription.

Parameter	Type	Description
`subscription_name`	`str`	The name of the Pub/Sub subscription (e.g., `projects/my-project/subscriptions/my-sub`).
`ack_ids`	`list[str]`	A list of acknowledgment IDs to acknowledge.