import ballerinax/nats;

public function main() returns error? {
    string message = "Hello from Ballerina";
    // Initializes a NATS client.
    nats:Client natsClient = check new(nats:DEFAULT_URL);

    // Produces a message to the specified subject.
    check natsClient->publishMessage({
                             content: message.toBytes(),
                             subject: "demo.bbe"});

    // Closes the client connection.
    check natsClient.close();
}
import ballerina/log;
import ballerinax/nats;

// Initializes a NATS listener.
listener nats:Listener subscription = new(nats:DEFAULT_URL);

// Binds the consumer to listen to the messages published
// to the 'demo.bbe' subject.
service "demo.bbe" on subscription {

    remote function onMessage(nats:Message message) returns error? {

        // Logs the incoming message.
        string|error messageContent = string:fromBytes(message.content);
        if messageContent is string {
            log:printInfo("Received message: " + messageContent);
        }
    }
}

Publish/subscribe

The NATS client is used either to produce a message to a subject or consume a message from a subject. In order to execute this example, it is required that a NATS server is up and running on its default host, port, and cluster. For instructions on installing the NATS server, go to NATS Server Installation.

This is a simple publish/subscribe messaging pattern example. For more information on the underlying module, see the NATS module.

 
import ballerinax/nats;

public function main() returns error? {
    string message = "Hello from Ballerina";

    nats:Client natsClient = check new(nats:DEFAULT_URL);

Initializes a NATS client.

    check natsClient->publishMessage({
                             content: message.toBytes(),
                             subject: "demo.bbe"});

Produces a message to the specified subject.

    check natsClient.close();
}

Closes the client connection.

bal run publisher.bal

import ballerina/log;
import ballerinax/nats;

listener nats:Listener subscription = new(nats:DEFAULT_URL);

Initializes a NATS listener.

service "demo.bbe" on subscription {

Binds the consumer to listen to the messages published to the ‘demo.bbe’ subject.

    remote function onMessage(nats:Message message) returns error? {

        string|error messageContent = string:fromBytes(message.content);
        if messageContent is string {
            log:printInfo("Received message: " + messageContent);
        }
    }
}

Logs the incoming message.

bal run subscriber.bal
time = 2021-05-19T10:15:49.269+05:30 level = INFO module = "" message = "Received message: Hello from Ballerina"