Streaming & messaging
Kafka-style pub/sub, event consumers, async pipelines, and message-driven workflows.
How to Implement Publish-Subscribe Fanout with Multiple Subscribers in Python
Create a simple publish-subscribe system in Python that broadcasts messages to multiple subscriber callbacks for a given topic.
import time
class PubSub:
def __init__(self):
self.subscribers = {}
def subscribe(self, topic, callback):
if topic not in self.subscribers:
self.subscribers[topic] = []
self.subscribers[topic].append(callback)
def publish(self, topic, message):
if topic in sel…
How to Implement an In-Memory Pub/Sub System in Python
This code implements a simple in-memory publish/subscribe system in Python, allowing topics, callbacks, and message broadcasting.
class PubSub:
def __init__(self):
self.topics = {}
def subscribe(self, topic, callback):
if topic not in self.topics:
self.topics[topic] = []
self.topics[topic].append(callback)
return lambda: self.unsubscribe(topic, callback)
def unsubscribe(self, topic, callb…
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