NATS provides a special form of unsubscribe that is configured with a message count and takes effect when that many messages are sent to a subscriber. This mechanism is very useful if only a single message is expected.
The message count you provide is the total message count for a subscriber. So if you unsubscribe with a count of 1, the server will stop sending messages to that subscription after it has received one message. If the subscriber has already received one or more messages, the unsubscribe will be immediate. This action based on history can be confusing if you try to auto-unsubscribe on a long running subscription, but is logical for a new one.
Auto-unsubscribe is based on the total messages sent to a subscriber, not just the new ones. Most of the client libraries also track the max message count after an auto-unsubscribe request. On reconnect, this enables clients to resend the unsubscribe with an updated total.
The following example shows unsubscribe after a single message:
Connection nc =Nats.connect("nats://demo.nats.io:4222");Dispatcher d =nc.createDispatcher((msg) -> {String str =newString(msg.getData(),StandardCharsets.UTF_8);System.out.println(str);});// Sync SubscriptionSubscription sub =nc.subscribe("updates");sub.unsubscribe(1);// Async Subscriptiond.subscribe("updates");d.unsubscribe("updates",1);// Close the connectionnc.close();
constsc=StringCodec();// `max` specifies the number of messages that the server will forward.// The server will auto-cancel.constsubj=createInbox();constsub1=nc.subscribe(subj, {callback: (_err, msg) => {t.log(`sub1 ${sc.decode(msg.data)}`); }, max:10,});// another way after 10 messagesconstsub2=nc.subscribe(subj, {callback: (_err, msg) => {t.log(`sub2 ${sc.decode(msg.data)}`); },});// if the subscription already received 10 messages, the handler// won't get any more messagessub2.unsubscribe(10);
nc =NATS()await nc.connect(servers=["nats://demo.nats.io:4222"])asyncdefcb(msg):print(msg)sid =await nc.subscribe("updates", cb=cb)await nc.auto_unsubscribe(sid, 1)await nc.publish("updates", b'All is Well')# Won't be received...await nc.publish("updates", b'...')
require'nats/client'require'fiber'NATS.start(servers:["nats://127.0.0.1:4222"]) do|nc|Fiber.newdo f =Fiber.current nc.subscribe("time", max: 1) do|msg, reply| f.resume Time.nowend nc.publish("time",'What is the time?',NATS.create_inbox)# Use the response msg =Fiber.yieldputs"Reply: #{msg}"# Won't be received nc.publish("time",'What is the time?',NATS.create_inbox)end.resumeend
natsConnection *conn =NULL;natsSubscription *sub =NULL;natsMsg *msg =NULL;natsStatus s = NATS_OK;s =natsConnection_ConnectTo(&conn, NATS_DEFAULT_URL);// Subscribeif (s == NATS_OK) s =natsConnection_SubscribeSync(&sub, conn,"updates");// Unsubscribe after 1 message is receivedif (s == NATS_OK) s =natsSubscription_AutoUnsubscribe(sub,1);// Wait for messagesif (s == NATS_OK) s =natsSubscription_NextMsg(&msg, sub,10000);if (s == NATS_OK){printf("Received msg: %s - %.*s\n", natsMsg_GetSubject(msg), natsMsg_GetDataLength(msg), natsMsg_GetData(msg));// Destroy message that was receivednatsMsg_Destroy(msg);}(...)// Destroy objects that were creatednatsSubscription_Destroy(sub);natsConnection_Destroy(conn);