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Publish a realtime channel

Publishes one message to the channel: it is appended to the channel's history and pushed to every connected client.

Publishes one message to the channel: it is appended to the channel's history and pushed to every connected client. A retry with the same Idempotency-Key returns the first message.

  • Path POST https://api.sylphx.com/v1/orgs/acme/projects/shop/envs/production/realtime_channels/realtime-channel:publish
  • Scope events:publish
  • Effect write — a successful call changes state.
  • Collection realtime_channels

#Request

FieldTypeWhat it is
namestringThe name of the realtime channel. Required.
message_typestringThe message name, 1 to 255 of [A-Za-z0-9._:-]. Required.
datavalueThe payload; at most 64 KiB as JSON.
client_idstringThe publisher's client id, shown to subscribers.

#Response

FieldTypeWhat it is
realtime_messageRealtimeMessageThe message as the channel appended it.

#RealtimeMessage

FieldTypeWhat it is
namestring…/realtime_channels/{realtime_channel}/realtime_messages/{realtime_message}.
uidstringrtm_<cell><ulid>; never reused. Output only.
metaResourceMetaResource metadata.
cursorstringThe message's place in the channel; send it back as after_cursor (or Last-Event-ID) to resume after it. Output only.
sequenceint64The position in the channel, from 1, gap-free. Output only.
message_typestringThe message name (chat.message, presence.enter, …). Required.
datavalueThe payload.
client_idstringThe publisher's client id, when it named one.
publish_timetimestampWhen the channel appended it. Output only.

#ResourceMeta

FieldTypeWhat it is
generationint64Increases by one on every change to spec. Output only.
etagstringStrong ETag (AIP-154): changes on any change to spec, status, or metadata. Send it back as If-Match or etag to make Update and Delete conditional; a mismatch fails with ABORTED / 409 ETAG_MISMATCH. Output only.
create_timetimestampWhen the Resource was created. Output only.
update_timetimestampWhen the Resource last changed. Output only.
delete_timetimestampSet while the Resource is being deleted. Output only.
labelsmap<string, string>Caller-writable, indexed labels (AIP-122 label rules).
annotationsmap<string, string>Caller-writable, unindexed annotations.
display_namestringCaller-writable human-readable name.
creatorstringThe principal that created the Resource. Output only.

#Errors

Every error arrives in the body Errors describes.

#Examples

curl -X POST "https://api.sylphx.com/v1/orgs/acme/projects/shop/envs/production/realtime_channels/realtime-channel:publish" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SYLPHX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"message_type":"…"}'