Commit a schema revision

This document shows you how to commit a schema revision for Pub/Sub topics.

Before you begin

Understand how Pub/Sub schemas work.
Create a schema.

Required roles and permissions

To get the permissions that you need to commit a schema revision and manage schemas, ask your administrator to grant you the Pub/Sub Editor (roles/pubsub.editor) IAM role on your project. For more information about granting roles, see Manage access to projects, folders, and organizations.

This predefined role contains the permissions required to commit a schema revision and manage schemas. To see the exact permissions that are required, expand the Required permissions section:

Required permissions

The following permissions are required to commit a schema revision and manage schemas:

Create schema: pubsub.schemas.create
Attach schema to topic: pubsub.schemas.attach
Commit a schema revision: pubsub.schemas.commit
Delete a schema or a schema revision: pubsub.schemas.delete
Get a schema or schema revisions: pubsub.schemas.get
List schemas: pubsub.schemas.list
List schema revisions: pubsub.schemas.listRevisions
Rollback a schema: pubsub.schemas.rollback
Validate a message: pubsub.schemas.validate
Get the IAM policy for a schema: pubsub.schemas.getIamPolicy
Configure the IAM policy for a schema: pubsub.schemas.setIamPolicy

You might also be able to get these permissions with custom roles or other predefined roles.

You can grant roles and permissions to principals such as users, groups, domains, or service accounts. You can create a schema in one project and attach it to a topic located in a different project. Ensure that you have the required permissions for each project.

Revise a schema

You can commit a schema revision using the Google Cloud console, the gcloud CLI CLI, the Pub/Sub API, or the Cloud Client Libraries.

The following are some guidelines to commit a schema revision:

You can revise a schema within specific constraints:
- For Protocol Buffer schemas, you can add or remove optional fields. You cannot add or delete other fields. You also cannot edit any existing field.
- For Avro schemas, refer to the Avro documentation for rules about schema resolution. A new revision must follow the rules as though it is both the reader schema and the writer schema.
- A schema can have a maximum of 20 revisions at one time. If you exceed the limit, delete a schema revision before creating another.
Each revision has a unique revision ID associated with it. The revision ID is an auto-generated eight-character UUID.
When you update the revision range or the revision of a schema used for topic validation, it might take a few minutes for the changes to take effect.

Console

To create a schema revision, follow these steps:

In the Google Cloud console, go to the Pub/Sub schemas page.

Go to Schemas
Click the Schema ID of an existing schema.

The Schema details page for the schema opens.
Click Create revision.

The Create schema revision page opens.

Make changes as required.

For example, for the sample schema in Avro that you created in Create a schema, you can add an additional optional field called Price as follows:

 {
   "type": "record",
   "name": "Avro",
   "fields": [
     {
       "name": "ProductName",
       "type": "string",
       "default": ""
     },
     {
       "name": "SKU",
       "type": "int",
       "default": 0
     },
     {
       "name": "InStock",
       "type": "boolean",
       "default": false
     },
     {
       "name": "Price",
       "type": "double",
       "default": "0.0"
     }
   ]
 }

Click Validate definition to check if the schema definition is correct.

Note: The validation check does not check the compatibility of the new revision with the older revisions.
You can also validate the messages for the schema.
1. Click Test message to test a sample message.
2. In the Test message window, select a type of Message encoding.
3. In the Message body, enter a test message.
  
  For example, here's a sample message for the test schema. In this example, select the Message encoding as JSON.
```
{"ProductName":"GreenOnions", "SKU":34543, "Price":12, "InStock":true}
```
4. Click Test.
Click Commit to save the schema.

gcloud

gcloud pubsub schemas commit SCHEMA_ID \
        --type=SCHEMA_TYPE \
        --definition=SCHEMA_DEFINITION

Where:

SCHEMA_TYPE is either avro or protocol-buffer.
SCHEMA_DEFINITION is a string containing the definition of the schema, formatted according to the chosen schema type.

You can also specify the schema definition in file:

gcloud pubsub schemas commit SCHEMA_ID \
        --type=SCHEMA_TYPE \
        --definition-file=SCHEMA_DEFINITION_FILE

Where:

SCHEMA_TYPE is either avro or protocol-buffer.
SCHEMA_DEFINITION_FILE is a string containing the path to the file with the definition of the schema, formatted according to the chosen schema type.

REST

To commit a schema revision, send a POST request like the following:

POST https://pubsub.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/schemas/SCHEMA_ID:commit
Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth application-default print-access-token)
Content-Type: application/json --data @response-body.json

Specify the following fields in the request body:

{
  "definition": SCHEMA_DEFINITION
  "type": SCHEMA_TYPE
  "name": SCHEMA_NAME
}

Where:

SCHEMA_TYPE is either AVRO or PROTOCOL_BUFFER.
SCHEMA_DEFINITION is a string containing the definition of the schema, formatted according to the chosen schema type.
SCHEMA_NAME is the name of an existing schema.

The response body should contain a JSON representation of a schema resource. For example:

{
  "name": SCHEMA_NAME,
  "type": SCHEMA_TYPE,
  "definition": SCHEMA_DEFINITION
  "revisionId": REVISION_ID
  "revisionCreateTime": REVISION_CREATE_TIME
}

Where:

REVISION_ID is the server-generated ID for the revision.
REVISION_CREATE_TIME is the ISO 8601 timestamp at which the revision was created.

Go

Before trying this sample, follow the Go setup instructions in Quickstart: Using Client Libraries. For more information, see the Pub/Sub Go API reference documentation.

Avro

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"os"

	"cloud.google.com/go/pubsub"
)

// commitAvroSchema commits a new Avro schema revision to an existing schema.
func commitAvroSchema(w io.Writer, projectID, schemaID, avscFile string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// schemaID := "my-schema-id"
	// avscFile = "path/to/an/avro/schema/file(.avsc)/formatted/in/json"
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := pubsub.NewSchemaClient(ctx, projectID)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("pubsub.NewSchemaClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	// Read an Avro schema file formatted in JSON as a byte slice.
	avscSource, err := os.ReadFile(avscFile)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("error reading from file: %s", avscFile)
	}

	config := pubsub.SchemaConfig{
		Name:       fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/schemas/%s", projectID, schemaID),
		Type:       pubsub.SchemaAvro,
		Definition: string(avscSource),
	}
	s, err := client.CommitSchema(ctx, schemaID, config)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("CommitSchema: %w", err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Committed a schema using an Avro schema: %#v\n", s)
	return nil
}

Proto

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"os"

	"cloud.google.com/go/pubsub"
)

// commitProtoSchema commits a new proto schema revision to an existing schema.
func commitProtoSchema(w io.Writer, projectID, schemaID, protoFile string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// schemaID := "my-schema"
	// protoFile = "path/to/a/proto/schema/file(.proto)/formatted/in/protocol/buffers"
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := pubsub.NewSchemaClient(ctx, projectID)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("pubsub.NewSchemaClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	// Read a proto file as a byte slice.
	protoSource, err := os.ReadFile(protoFile)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("error reading from file: %s", protoFile)
	}

	config := pubsub.SchemaConfig{
		Name:       fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/schemas/%s", projectID, schemaID),
		Type:       pubsub.SchemaProtocolBuffer,
		Definition: string(protoSource),
	}
	s, err := client.CommitSchema(ctx, schemaID, config)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("CommitSchema: %w", err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Committed a schema using a protobuf schema: %#v\n", s)
	return nil
}

C++

Before trying this sample, follow the C++ setup instructions in Quickstart: Using Client Libraries. For more information, see the Pub/Sub C++ API reference documentation.

Avro

namespace pubsub = ::google::cloud::pubsub;
[](pubsub::SchemaServiceClient client, std::string const& project_id,
   std::string const& schema_id, std::string const& schema_definition_file) {
  std::string const definition = ReadFile(schema_definition_file);

  google::pubsub::v1::CommitSchemaRequest request;
  std::string const name =
      google::cloud::pubsub::Schema(project_id, schema_id).FullName();
  request.set_name(name);
  request.mutable_schema()->set_name(name);
  request.mutable_schema()->set_type(google::pubsub::v1::Schema::AVRO);
  request.mutable_schema()->set_definition(definition);
  auto schema = client.CommitSchema(request);
  if (schema.status().code() == google::cloud::StatusCode::kAlreadyExists) {
    std::cout << "The schema revision already exists\n";
    return;
  }
  if (!schema) throw std::move(schema).status();

  std::cout << "Schema revision successfully committed: "
            << schema->DebugString() << "\n";
}

Proto

namespace pubsub = ::google::cloud::pubsub;
[](pubsub::SchemaServiceClient client, std::string const& project_id,
   std::string const& schema_id, std::string const& schema_definition_file) {
  std::string const definition = ReadFile(schema_definition_file);

  google::pubsub::v1::CommitSchemaRequest request;
  std::string const name =
      google::cloud::pubsub::Schema(project_id, schema_id).FullName();
  request.set_name(name);
  request.mutable_schema()->set_name(name);
  request.mutable_schema()->set_type(
      google::pubsub::v1::Schema::PROTOCOL_BUFFER);
  request.mutable_schema()->set_definition(definition);
  auto schema = client.CommitSchema(request);
  if (schema.status().code() == google::cloud::StatusCode::kAlreadyExists) {
    std::cout << "The schema revision already exists\n";
    return;
  }
  if (!schema) throw std::move(schema).status();

  std::cout << "Schema revision successfully committed: "
            << schema->DebugString() << "\n";
}

Java

Before trying this sample, follow the Java setup instructions in Quickstart: Using Client Libraries. For more information, see the Pub/Sub Java API reference documentation.

Avro


import com.google.api.gax.rpc.NotFoundException;
import com.google.cloud.pubsub.v1.SchemaServiceClient;
import com.google.pubsub.v1.ProjectName;
import com.google.pubsub.v1.Schema;
import com.google.pubsub.v1.SchemaName;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;

public class CommitAvroSchemaExample {

  public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String schemaId = "your-schema-id";
    String avscFile = "path/to/an/avro/schema/file/(.avsc)/formatted/in/json";

    commitAvroSchemaExample(projectId, schemaId, avscFile);
  }

  public static Schema commitAvroSchemaExample(String projectId, String schemaId, String avscFile)
      throws IOException {

    ProjectName projectName = ProjectName.of(projectId);
    SchemaName schemaName = SchemaName.of(projectId, schemaId);

    // Read an Avro schema file formatted in JSON as a string.
    String avscSource = new String(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(avscFile)));

    try (SchemaServiceClient schemaServiceClient = SchemaServiceClient.create()) {

      Schema schema =
          schemaServiceClient.commitSchema(
              schemaName.toString(),
              Schema.newBuilder()
                  .setName(schemaName.toString())
                  .setType(Schema.Type.AVRO)
                  .setDefinition(avscSource)
                  .build());

      System.out.println("Committed a schema using an Avro schema:\n" + schema);
      return schema;
    } catch (NotFoundException e) {
      System.out.println(schemaName + "does not exist.");
      return null;
    }
  }
}

Proto


import com.google.api.gax.rpc.NotFoundException;
import com.google.cloud.pubsub.v1.SchemaServiceClient;
import com.google.pubsub.v1.ProjectName;
import com.google.pubsub.v1.Schema;
import com.google.pubsub.v1.SchemaName;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;

public class CommitProtoSchemaExample {

  public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String schemaId = "your-schema-id";
    String protoFile = "path/to/a/proto/file/(.proto)/formatted/in/protocol/buffers";

    commitProtoSchemaExample(projectId, schemaId, protoFile);
  }

  public static Schema commitProtoSchemaExample(String projectId, String schemaId, String protoFile)
      throws IOException {

    ProjectName projectName = ProjectName.of(projectId);
    SchemaName schemaName = SchemaName.of(projectId, schemaId);

    // Read a proto file as a string.
    String protoSource = new String(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(protoFile)));

    try (SchemaServiceClient schemaServiceClient = SchemaServiceClient.create()) {

      Schema schema =
          schemaServiceClient.commitSchema(
              schemaName.toString(),
              Schema.newBuilder()
                  .setName(schemaName.toString())
                  .setType(Schema.Type.PROTOCOL_BUFFER)
                  .setDefinition(protoSource)
                  .build());

      System.out.println("Committed a schema using a protobuf schema:\n" + schema);
      return schema;
    } catch (NotFoundException e) {
      System.out.println(schemaName + "does not exist.");
      return null;
    }
  }
}

Python

Before trying this sample, follow the Python setup instructions in Quickstart: Using Client Libraries. For more information, see the Pub/Sub Python API reference documentation.

Avro

from google.api_core.exceptions import NotFound
from google.cloud.pubsub import SchemaServiceClient
from google.pubsub_v1.types import Schema

# TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
# project_id = "your-project-id"
# schema_id = "your-schema-id"
# avsc_file = "path/to/an/avro/schema/file/(.avsc)/formatted/in/json"

# Read a JSON-formatted Avro schema file as a string.
with open(avsc_file, "rb") as f:
    avsc_source = f.read().decode("utf-8")

schema_client = SchemaServiceClient()
schema_path = schema_client.schema_path(project_id, schema_id)
schema = Schema(name=schema_path, type_=Schema.Type.AVRO, definition=avsc_source)

try:
    result = schema_client.commit_schema(
        request={"schema": schema, "name": schema_path}
    )
    print(f"Committed a schema revision using an Avro schema file:\n{result}")
    return result
except NotFound:
    print(f"{schema_id} does not exist.")

Proto

from google.api_core.exceptions import NotFound
from google.cloud.pubsub import SchemaServiceClient
from google.pubsub_v1.types import Schema

# TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
# project_id = "your-project-id"
# schema_id = "your-schema-id"
# proto_file = "path/to/a/proto/file/(.proto)/formatted/in/protocol/buffers"

# Read a protobuf schema file as a string.
with open(proto_file, "rb") as f:
    proto_source = f.read().decode("utf-8")

schema_client = SchemaServiceClient()
schema_path = schema_client.schema_path(project_id, schema_id)
schema = Schema(
    name=schema_path, type_=Schema.Type.PROTOCOL_BUFFER, definition=proto_source
)

try:
    result = schema_client.commit_schema(
        request={"schema": schema, "name": schema_path}
    )
    print(f"Committed a schema revision using a protobuf schema file:\n{result}")
    return result
except NotFound:
    print(f"{schema_id} does not exist.")

Node.js

Before trying this sample, follow the Node.js setup instructions in Quickstart: Using Client Libraries. For more information, see the Pub/Sub Node.js API reference documentation.

Avro

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
 */
// const schemaNameOrId = 'YOUR_SCHEMA_NAME_OR_ID';
// const avscFile = 'path/to/an/avro/schema/file/(.avsc)/formatted/in/json';

// Imports the Google Cloud client library
const {PubSub, SchemaTypes} = require('@google-cloud/pubsub');

const fs = require('fs');

// Creates a client; cache this for further use
const pubSubClient = new PubSub();

async function commitAvroSchema(schemaNameOrId, avscFile) {
  // Get the fully qualified schema name.
  const schema = pubSubClient.schema(schemaNameOrId);
  const name = await schema.getName();

  // Read the new schema definition from storage.
  const definition = fs.readFileSync(avscFile).toString();

  // Use the gapic client to commit the new definition.
  const schemaClient = await pubSubClient.getSchemaClient();
  const [result] = await schemaClient.commitSchema({
    name,
    schema: {
      name,
      type: SchemaTypes.Avro,
      definition,
    },
  });

  console.log(`Schema ${name} committed with revision ${result.revisionId}.`);
}

Proto

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
 */
// const schemaNameOrId = 'YOUR_SCHEMA_NAME_OR_ID';
// const protoFile = 'path/to/a/proto/schema/file/(.proto)/formatted/in/protcol/buffers';

// Imports the Google Cloud client library
const {PubSub, SchemaTypes} = require('@google-cloud/pubsub');

const fs = require('fs');

// Creates a client; cache this for further use
const pubSubClient = new PubSub();

async function commitProtoSchema(schemaNameOrId, protoFile) {
  // Get the fully qualified schema name.
  const schema = pubSubClient.schema(schemaNameOrId);
  const name = await schema.getName();

  // Read the new schema definition from storage.
  const definition = fs.readFileSync(protoFile).toString();

  // Use the gapic client to commit the new definition.
  const schemaClient = await pubSubClient.getSchemaClient();
  const [result] = await schemaClient.commitSchema({
    name,
    schema: {
      name,
      type: SchemaTypes.ProtocolBuffer,
      definition,
    },
  });

  console.log(`Schema ${name} committed with revision ${result.revisionId}.`);
}

Node.js

Before trying this sample, follow the Node.js setup instructions in Quickstart: Using Client Libraries. For more information, see the Pub/Sub Node.js API reference documentation.

Avro

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
 */
// const schemaNameOrId = 'YOUR_SCHEMA_NAME_OR_ID';
// const avscFile = 'path/to/an/avro/schema/file/(.avsc)/formatted/in/json';

// Imports the Google Cloud client library
import {PubSub, SchemaTypes} from '@google-cloud/pubsub';

import * as fs from 'fs';

// Creates a client; cache this for further use
const pubSubClient = new PubSub();

async function commitAvroSchema(schemaNameOrId: string, avscFile: string) {
  // Get the fully qualified schema name.
  const schema = pubSubClient.schema(schemaNameOrId);
  const name = await schema.getName();

  // Read the new schema definition from storage.
  const definition: string = fs.readFileSync(avscFile).toString();

  // Use the gapic client to commit the new definition.
  const schemaClient = await pubSubClient.getSchemaClient();
  const [result] = await schemaClient.commitSchema({
    name,
    schema: {
      name,
      type: SchemaTypes.Avro,
      definition,
    },
  });

  console.log(`Schema ${name} committed with revision ${result.revisionId}.`);
}

Proto

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
 */
// const schemaNameOrId = 'YOUR_SCHEMA_NAME_OR_ID';
// const protoFile = 'path/to/a/proto/schema/file/(.proto)/formatted/in/protcol/buffers';

// Imports the Google Cloud client library
import {PubSub, SchemaTypes} from '@google-cloud/pubsub';

import * as fs from 'fs';

// Creates a client; cache this for further use
const pubSubClient = new PubSub();

async function commitProtoSchema(schemaNameOrId: string, protoFile: string) {
  // Get the fully qualified schema name.
  const schema = pubSubClient.schema(schemaNameOrId);
  const name = await schema.getName();

  // Read the new schema definition from storage.
  const definition: string = fs.readFileSync(protoFile).toString();

  // Use the gapic client to commit the new definition.
  const schemaClient = await pubSubClient.getSchemaClient();
  const [result] = await schemaClient.commitSchema({
    name,
    schema: {
      name,
      type: SchemaTypes.ProtocolBuffer,
      definition,
    },
  });

  console.log(`Schema ${name} committed with revision ${result.revisionId}.`);
}

After you commit a schema revision, you can see the details of the new revision in the Schemas page.

Commit a schema revision

Before you begin

Required roles and permissions

Required permissions

Revise a schema

Console

gcloud

REST

Go

Avro

Proto

C++

Avro

Proto

Java

Avro

Proto

Python

Avro

Proto

Node.js

Avro

Proto

Node.js

Avro

Proto

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