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Pub/Sub onMessage data is undefined  #1726

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Pub/Sub onMessage data is undefined #1726
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lafama
opened on Oct 19, 2016

Environment details

  • OS: Mac OS
  • Node.js version: 6.8.1
  • npm version:3.8.10
  • google-cloud-node version:0.42.2

Steps to reproduce

  1. require google-cloud
var pubsub = gcloud.pubsub;
var topic = pubsubClient.topic('my-topic');
topic.subscribe('subscription-name', options, function(err, subscription) {
  subscription.on('message', function(message){
    console.log(message.data) //message.data = Contents of the message. is undefined and all the data contents are in the message variable 
  });
});

Example (content of the message, the item_id,body and to are supposed to be under data) according to https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-node/blob/v0.42.2/packages/pubsub/src/subscription.js#L142

ackId=RUXMjY, id=966xxxx, item_id=574, body=xxxx test, to=xxxx87832, , ack=function () { [native code] }, skip=function () {
    delete self.inProgressAckIds[message.ackId];
    self.refreshPausedStatus_();
  }

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  1. lafama commented on Oct 19, 2016

    @lafama
    lafama
    on Oct 19, 2016
    Author

    Got it fixed. Was a problem with my code

  2. lafama
    closed this as completedon Oct 19, 2016
  3. stephenplusplus
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    api: pubsubIssues related to the Pub/Sub API.
    on Oct 19, 2016

  4. stephenplusplus commented on Oct 19, 2016

    @stephenplusplus
    stephenplusplus
    on Oct 19, 2016
    Contributor

    Phew!

  5. JustinBeckwith
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    lafama
    on Feb 1, 2021
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    chore(main): release 3.6.0 (#1726)

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