• Python >= 3.7
• A C++ compiler that supports C++11
• CMake >= 3.18
• Pulsar C++ client library
• Boost.Python

First, install the dependencies via Vcpkg.

vcpkg install --feature-flags=manifests --triplet x64-windows

NOTE: For Windows 32-bit library, change x64-windows to x86-windows, see here for all available triplets.

Then, build and install the Python wheel.

# Assuming the Pulsar C++ client has been installed under the `PULSAR_CPP` directory.
cmake -B build -DUSE_VCPKG=ON -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$env:PULSAR_CPP" -DLINK_STATIC=ON
cmake --build build --config Release
cmake --install build
py setup.py bdist_wheel
py -m pip install ./dist/pulsar_client-*.whl

Since the Python client links to Boost.Python dynamically, you have to copy the dll (e.g. boost_python310-vc142-mt-x64-1_80.dll) into the system path (the PATH environment variable). If the -DLINK_STATIC=ON option is not specified, you have to copy the pulsar.dll into the system path as well.

Assuming the Pulsar C++ client and Boost.Python have been installed under the system path.

cmake -B build
cmake --build build -j8
cmake --install build
./setup.py bdist_wheel
pip3 install dist/pulsar_client-*.whl --force-reinstall

NOTE

1. Here a separate build directory is created to store all CMake temporary files. However, the setup.py requires the _pulsar.so is under the project directory.
2. Add the --force-reinstall option to overwrite the existing Python wheel in case your system has already installed a wheel before.

You can run python3 -c 'import pulsar' to see whether the wheel has been installed successfully. If it failed, check whether dependencies (e.g. libpulsar.so) are in the system path. If not, make sure the dependencies are in LD_LIBRARY_PATH (on Linux) or DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH (on macOS).

Then you can run examples as a simple end-to-end test.

# In terminal 1
python3 ./examples/consumer.py

# In terminal 2
python3 ./examples/producer.py

Before executing the commands above, you must ensure the Pulsar service is running. See here for quick start.

Before running the unit tests, you must run a Pulsar service with all things set up:

./build-support/pulsar-test-service-start.sh

The command above runs a Pulsar standalone in a Docker container. You can run ./build-support/pulsar-test-service-stop.sh to stop it.

Run all unit tests:

./tests/run-unit-tests.sh

Run a single unit test (e.g. PulsarTest.test_tls_auth):

python3 ./tests/pulsar_test.py 'PulsarTest.test_tls_auth'