This quickstart shows you how to create a program that publishes a "Hello World!" message to a Pub/Sub topic by using the Pub/Sub API through the SAP BTP edition of ABAP SDK for Google Cloud.
Before you begin
Before you run this quickstart, make sure that you or your administrators have completed the following prerequisites:
- You have a Google Cloud account and project. 
- Billing is enabled for your project. See how to confirm that billing is enabled for your project. 
- The SAP BTP edition of ABAP SDK for Google Cloud is installed and configured. See how to install and configure the SAP BTP edition of ABAP SDK for Google Cloud. 
- Authentication to access Google Cloud APIs is set up. See how to set up authentication. 
- You have access to the SAP BTP, ABAP environment. 
- You have downloaded and installed the latest ABAP Development Tools (ADT) on the latest Eclipse platform. 
- You have created an ABAP Cloud Project. 
- Grant the service account the IAM role - roles/pubsub.publisher.
- Make sure the Pub/Sub API is enabled in your Google Cloud project. 
- Create a Pub/Sub topic - SAMPLE_TOPIC_01and add a pull subscription- SAMPLE_SUB_TOPIC_01to the same. For more information, see Create a topic and Create a subscription.
Create an ABAP class to publish messages to a Pub/Sub topic
- Create a package: - In ADT, go to the Project Explorer.
- Right-click the package ZLOCAL, and select New > ABAP Package.
- Enter the following details for your package: - Name: enter ZABAPSDK_TEST.
- Description: enter ABAP SDK Test Package.
 
- Name: enter 
- Click Next. 
- In the Select a Transport Request dialog, select the Create a new request checkbox. 
- Enter a description for the transport request. 
- Click Finish. 
 
- Create an ABAP class to call the Pub/Sub API: - Right-click your ABAP package and select New > ABAP Class.
- Enter the following details for your ABAP class: - Name: enter ZGOOG_CL_QS_PUBSUB.
- Description: enter Quick start for Pub/Sub API.
 
- Name: enter 
- Click Next. 
- Select a transport request and click Finish. 
 
- In the code editor, replace the default code with the following code snippet: - Replace - DEMO_PUBSUBwith the client key name.
- Save and activate the changes. 
- Run your application: - Select the ABAP class ZGOOG_CL_QS_PUBSUB.
- Click Run > Run As > ABAP Application (Console). Alternatively, press F9.
 
- Select the ABAP class 
- To validate the results, follow these steps: - In the Google Cloud console, go to Pub/Sub. 
- Select the subscription - SAMPLE_SUB_TOPIC_01and go to the Messages tab.
- Use the PULL feature to check whether the "Hello World!" message has been published to the topic. 
 
What's next
- Read the guide Application development with the SAP BTP edition of ABAP SDK for Google Cloud.
- View the code samples.
- Ask your questions and discuss ABAP SDK for Google Cloud with the community on Cloud Forums.