GCP Pub/Sub Trigger

The GCP (Google Cloud Platform) Pub/Sub Trigger fires a workflow whenever a message is sent to one of the topics defined on a given Google Pub/Sub integration or when the integration receives a connection event.

Node Properties

The GCP Pub/Sub Trigger requires choosing a Pub/Sub integration, as well as at least one of the following events on which to fire the trigger:

• Trigger on a connection
• Trigger on a message (checked by default)
• Trigger on a disconnection
• Trigger on a failure to connect

Payload

The payload will include the received message in the data field. In the general case, a Google Pub/Sub Trigger workflow payload will look like the following:

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(root){} 12 keys
applicationId:"555555555555eeeeeeeeeeee"
applicationName:"My Great Application"
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data:{} 9 keys
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attributes:{} 1 key
data:"my message"
disconnectReason:"Connection Lost"
failureReason:"Unauthorized"
id:"Google Cloud Pub/Sub message ID"
timestamp:"Google Cloud Pub/Sub message timestamp"
topic:"myGoogleTopic"
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topics:[] 2 items
type:"connect|message|disconnect|failure"
flowId:"333333333333cccccccccccc"
flowName:"My Great Workflow"
flowVersion:"myFlowVersion"
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globals:{} 3 keys
relayId:"<ID of the integration>"
relayType:"integration"
time:Tue Aug 19 2025 14:48:10 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (Date object)
triggerId:"<ID of the integration>"
triggerType:"integration"

In addition to the standard workflow payload information, the payload will include an object in the data field, which will include the following properties:

• attributes: A key/value map of attributes passed with the message
• data: The message that was published on the topic
• id: The Google Cloud Pub/Sub message ID
• timestamp: Google Cloud Pub/Sub message timestamp
• topic: The topic on which the message was received