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Creating a Topic

Function

This API is used to create a topic.

URI

POST /v2/{project_id}/mqs/instances/{instance_id}/topics

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Project ID. For details about how to obtain a project ID, see "Appendix" > "Obtaining a Project ID" in this document.

instance_id

Yes

String

Instance ID.

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

User token, which can be obtained by calling the IAM API (value of X-Subject-Token in the response header).
Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

name

Yes

String

Topic name, which must start with a letter and contains 3 to 200 characters. Only digits, letters, underscores (_), and hyphens (-) are allowed.

app_id

Yes

String

Integration application key.

app_key

No

String

Integration application key.

partition

No

Integer

Number of topic partitions, which is used to set the number of concurrently consumed messages.

Value range: 1 to 100.

Default value: 3.

replication

No

Integer

Number of replicas, which is configured to ensure data reliability.

Value range: 1 to 3.

Default: 3.

NOTE:

  • Lightweight edition: Only one replica is allowed.

  • Basic edition: 1 to 3.

  • Professional/High-performance device access (1 million) editions: 1 to 5.

  • High-performance device access edition (10 million): 1 to 8.

access_policy

Yes

String

Permission type.

  • all: publish+subscribe

  • pub: publish

  • sub: subscribe

sync_message_flush

No

Boolean

Whether synchronous flushing is enabled. The default value is false. Synchronous flushing compromises performance.

sync_replication

No

Boolean

Whether synchronous replication is enabled. After this function is enabled, the acks parameter on the producer client must be set to –1. Otherwise, this parameter does not take effect.

retention_time

No

Integer

Message retention period. The default value is 72. Value range: 1 to 168, in hours

tag

No

String

Tag corresponding to the permission type.

When the permission type is all, publish and subscribe tags are separated by ampersands (&).

Multiple tags are separated by double vertical bars (||).

description

No

String

Description. Length: 0 to 1,000 characters. The value cannot begin with an equals sign (=), plus sign (+), hyphen (-), or at sign (@).

sensitive_word

No

String

Sensitive word.

Multiple sensitive words are separated by double vertical bars (||).

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

name

String

Topic name.

Status code: 400

Table 5 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

Status code: 403

Table 6 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

Example Requests

Create a topic with 3 partitions and 3 replicas and set the message retention period to 72 hours.

POST https://{endpoint}/v2/{project_id}/mqs/instances/{instance_id}/topics

{
  "name" : "topic-test-2",
  "app_id" : "c5abd910-02b1-4bc4-b587-c3fe4c49dab9",
  "partition" : 3,
  "access_policy" : "all",
  "replication" : 3,
  "retention_time" : 72,
  "sync_replication" : false,
  "sync_message_flush" : false,
  "tag" : "11 || 22 || aa || bb&11 || 22 || aa || bb",
  "description" : "test",
  "sensitive_word" : "sss || ddd"
}

Example Responses

Status code: 200

OK

{
  "name" : "topic-mqs-test"
}

Status code: 400

Bad Request

{
  "error_code" : 400,
  "error_msg" : "Bad Request"
}

Status code: 403

Forbidden

{
  "error_code" : 403,
  "error_msg" : "Forbidden"
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

OK

400

Bad Request

403

Forbidden

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent topic: Topic Management