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feat: add batch publish and batch presence to the HTTP client - #727
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`batch_publish` (RSC22) posts one `BatchPublishSpec`, or a list of them, to `/messages`, encoding each message per RSL4 and applying RSL1k1 to each spec separately when idempotent REST publishing is on (RSC22d). The server answers with an array holding a `BatchResult` per spec, so a single spec gets the one element back and a list gets the list. A spec naming no channels or carrying no messages is refused locally with the 400/40000 the server would answer it with. `batch_presence` (RSC24) sends the channel names comma-joined in the `channels` parameter of a GET to `/presence`, and returns the server's `BatchResult`. The server leaves `presence` out for a channel with no members, which is read as an empty list. Both methods are declared on `PubSubHttpClient`, so the realtime and synchronous clients carry them too. `BatchResult`, `BatchPublishSpec` and the four per-channel result types (BAR2, BSP2, BPR2, BPF2, BGR2, BGF2) are exported from `ably.pubsub.server` and `ably.pubsub.server.sync`. A dict with `channels` and `messages` keys stands in for a `BatchPublishSpec`, as a dict does for the push admin types. The RSL1k1 id assignment moves out of `Channel` into `assign_idempotent_ids`, which both publish paths share. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The 44 batch Test IDs (47 cases) across `rest/unit` and `rest/integration` drop their `@deviation` gates and pass. They now build `BatchPublishSpec` and check result types with `isinstance`, as the specifications write them. Every `batch_publish.md` mock answers in the legacy format, a flat array of per-channel results, which the sandbox sends only to a client sending `X-Ably-Version: 2` or none. At version 5, which ably-python sends, `POST /messages` answers every batch, mixed and all-failure ones included, with 201 and an array holding one `BatchResult` envelope per spec, a single spec sent as a bare object included. The fixtures are corrected to that shape through `batch_result()`, and the assertions stand. Two RSL4c3 assertions compared a stringified JSON payload byte for byte; they now parse it, as the encoding tests do, since the specification does not fix the whitespace. deviations.md drops the batch row from Unimplemented features, and rewrites the envelope entry: it had concluded that `batch_presence.md` was the specification to revisit, and the server says it is `batch_publish.md`. The header and measured counts are re-measured: 172 gated cases, the RSC7d `Ably-Agent` test among them, 1047 passing derived cases, and 130 helper cases where 122 had been recorded. Three Smaller faults rows that had been superseded by their filed copies are removed. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
WalkthroughThe REST client now supports batch publishing and batch presence retrieval. The change adds batch specification and result types, exposes the APIs through the client and server packages, centralizes idempotent message ID assignment, and updates tests and deviation records. ChangesBatch REST APIs
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Change: Feature Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Caller
participant DefaultPubSubHttpClient
participant MessagesEndpoint
participant PresenceEndpoint
participant BatchResultParser
Caller->>DefaultPubSubHttpClient: batch_publish specs
DefaultPubSubHttpClient->>MessagesEndpoint: POST /messages
MessagesEndpoint-->>DefaultPubSubHttpClient: batch publish response
DefaultPubSubHttpClient->>BatchResultParser: parse publish response
BatchResultParser-->>Caller: BatchResult
Caller->>DefaultPubSubHttpClient: batch_presence channels
DefaultPubSubHttpClient->>PresenceEndpoint: GET /presence
PresenceEndpoint-->>DefaultPubSubHttpClient: batch presence response
DefaultPubSubHttpClient->>BatchResultParser: parse presence response
BatchResultParser-->>Caller: BatchResult
Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The new batch publish and batch presence APIs have edge cases that can produce wrong results. Passing one channel name as a plain string could publish to channels named after each of its letters. Reusing the same message object in two specs could cause the server to drop one publish as a duplicate. Channel names that contain commas could be split into the wrong channels when fetching presence. Fix or rule out each of these before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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The batch publish and token revocation fixtures written in the response format below protocol version 3 are filed as ably/specification#559. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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- Line 140: Update the per-spec flow around assign_idempotent_ids(spec.messages)
to create a separate wire representation of each spec’s messages before
assigning IDs, so shared ID-less Message objects receive distinct IDs for
separate specs targeting the same channel. Preserve any IDs supplied by the
caller.
- Line 170: Update the presence request construction to choose a separator
absent from the channel names, join the names with it, and include that
separator in the query parameters so the batch endpoint parses channel names
correctly.
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- Line 65: Update BatchPublishSpec’s channels serialization so a string channel
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| # RSC22d: RSL1k1 applies to each spec separately | ||
| if self.options.idempotent_rest_publishing: | ||
| for spec in specs: | ||
| assign_idempotent_ids(spec.messages) |
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Generate IDs per spec when Message objects are shared.
If two specs reuse the same ID-less Message and target the same channel, the first iteration sets its ID. The second iteration keeps that ID, and both specs serialize it unchanged. Ably can then discard the second publication as a duplicate, although the caller supplied two specs. Build a separate wire representation for each spec before assigning IDs, while preserving IDs supplied by the caller. Separate batch specs support separate publications, and Ably deduplicates repeated message IDs on a channel. (ably.com)
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Update the per-spec flow around assign_idempotent_ids(spec.messages) to create a
separate wire representation of each spec’s messages before assigning IDs, so
shared ID-less Message objects receive distinct IDs for separate specs targeting
the same channel. Preserve any IDs supplied by the caller.
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| if isinstance(channels, str): | ||
| raise TypeError('Unexpected str channels, expected a list of channel names') | ||
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| path = '/presence?' + urlencode({'channels': ','.join(channels)}) |
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Choose a delimiter that is absent from the channel names.
If a channel is named team,west, this join sends a value that the batch endpoint can interpret as two channel names. The result then describes the wrong channels. Ably permits commas in channel names and provides a separator query parameter for this case. Select an unused separator and send it with the joined names. (ably.com)
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Update the presence request construction to choose a separator absent from the
channel names, join the names with it, and include that separator in the query
parameters so the batch endpoint parses channel names correctly.
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| def as_dict(self, binary=False): | ||
| """Convert BatchPublishSpec to the wire format, encoding each message per RSL4.""" | ||
| return { | ||
| 'channels': list(self.channels), |
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Preserve a scalar channel name as one channel.
If a caller supplies BatchPublishSpec(channels='news', ...), list(self.channels) sends ['n', 'e', 'w', 's']. The publish can reach those channels instead of news. Normalize a string to a one-element list, or reject it before sending the request. The batch endpoint accepts a single channel name as a valid channels value. (ably.com)
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Review comment at @ably/pubsub/types/batch.py at line 65:
Update BatchPublishSpec’s channels serialization so a string channel name is
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Adds
batch_publish(RSC22) andbatch_presence(RSC24) to the HTTP client, withBatchResult,BatchPublishSpecand the four per-channel result types, and runs the batchUniversal Test Specifications against them. The 44 batch Test IDs (47 cases) in
uts/rest/unitanduts/rest/integrationdrop their@deviationgates and pass.The API
batch_publish(specs)takes aBatchPublishSpec, or a dict withchannelsandmessages, or a list of either. One spec returns oneBatchResult; a list returns alist. Messages are encoded as channel publish encodes them, and idempotent ids are
assigned per spec (RSC22d) through
assign_idempotent_ids, which channel publish nowshares. A spec with no channels or no messages is refused locally with the 400/40000 the
server answers it with.
batch_presence(channels)takes a list of channel names. A channel with no memberscomes back with
presence == []; the server leaves the key out.PubSubHttpClient, so the realtime and synchronous clients carrythem, and the types are exported from
ably.pubsub.serverandably.pubsub.server.sync.batch_publish.md's mocks are the legacy response formatMeasured against the sandbox:
X-Ably-VersionPOST /messagesanswers{successCount, failureCount, results}envelopes, one per spec — a single spec sent as a bare object, and mixed and all-failure batches, included{channel, messageId}across every spec, or 400/40020 carrying that array asbatchResponsewhen any channel failsbatch_publish.mdmocks the second shape, withserialsadded;batch_presence.mddescribes the envelope correctly. The fixtures are corrected to the envelope through a
batch_result()helper markedUTS SPEC ERROR, and the assertions stand as thespecification writes them. deviations.md's entry on the two specifications, which had
concluded the reverse, is rewritten around these measurements. The disagreement is filed
upstream as ably/specification#559, together with two
revoke_tokens.mdmocks that have thesame fault.
deviations.md
Auth#revokeTokens(RSA17) staysgated; it can build on
BatchResultwhen it lands.Ably-Agenttest gated in 4a869cf, which the header had not yet counted, and record130
helpers/cases where 122 had been written.Results
pytest test/uts -qRUN_DEVIATIONS=1 pytest test/uts -qpytest test/unitand the batchrest/unittestspubsub_server_test.py's prototype checks includedhttpbatch_test.py, its sync mirror anduts/rest/integration/batch_presence_test.pyruff check🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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