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name: azure-eventhub-rust description: | Azure Event Hubs library for Rust. Send and receive events for streaming data ingestion and batch processing. Triggers: "event hubs rust", "ProducerClient rust", "ConsumerClient rust", "send event rust", "streaming rust", "eventhub rust". license: MIT metadata: author: Microsoft package: azure_messaging_eventhubs

Azure Event Hubs library for Rust

Client library for Azure Event Hubs — send and receive events for streaming data ingestion.

Use this skill when:

• An app needs to send events to Azure Event Hubs from Rust
• You need to receive and process events from partitions
• You need batch sending for throughput optimization
• You need to control consumer start position

IMPORTANT: Only use the official azure_messaging_eventhubs crate published by the azure-sdk crates.io user. Do NOT use unofficial or community crates. Official crates use underscores in names and none have version 0.21.0.

Installation

cargo add azure_messaging_eventhubs azure_identity tokio futures

Do not add azure_core directly to Cargo.toml. It is re-exported by azure_messaging_eventhubs.

Environment Variables

EVENTHUBS_HOST=<namespace>.servicebus.windows.net # Required — fully qualified namespace
EVENTHUB_NAME=<eventhub-name>                     # Required — name of the Event Hub

Key Concepts

Concept	Description
Namespace	Container for one or more Event Hubs
Event Hub	Stream of events, partitioned for parallel reads
Partition	Ordered, append-only sequence of events
Producer	Sends events via ProducerClient
Consumer	Receives events from partitions via ConsumerClient

Authentication

use azure_identity::DeveloperToolsCredential;
use azure_messaging_eventhubs::ProducerClient;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    // Local dev: DeveloperToolsCredential. Production: use ManagedIdentityCredential.
    let credential = DeveloperToolsCredential::new(None)?;

    let producer = ProducerClient::builder()
        .open("<namespace>.servicebus.windows.net", "<eventhub-name>", credential.clone())
        .await?;
    Ok(())
}

Core Workflow

Send Events

// Send a single event
producer.send_event(vec![1, 2, 3, 4], None).await?;

Send Batch

let batch = producer.create_batch(None).await?;
batch.try_add_event_data(vec![1, 2, 3, 4], None)?;

producer.send_batch(batch, None).await?;

Receive Events

use azure_identity::DeveloperToolsCredential;
use azure_messaging_eventhubs::ConsumerClient;

// Local dev: DeveloperToolsCredential. Production: use ManagedIdentityCredential.
let credential = DeveloperToolsCredential::new(None)?;
let consumer = ConsumerClient::builder()
    .open("<namespace>.servicebus.windows.net", "<eventhub-name>", credential.clone())
    .await?;

Receive from Partition

use futures::stream::StreamExt;
use azure_messaging_eventhubs::{
    ConsumerClient, OpenReceiverOptions, StartLocation, StartPosition,
};

let receiver = consumer
    .open_receiver_on_partition(
        "0".to_string(),
        Some(OpenReceiverOptions {
            start_position: Some(StartPosition {
                location: StartLocation::Earliest,
                ..Default::default()
            }),
            ..Default::default()
        }),
    )
    .await?;

let mut stream = receiver.stream_events();
while let Some(event_result) = stream.next().await {
    match event_result {
        Ok(event) => println!("Received: {:?}", event),
        Err(err) => eprintln!("Error: {:?}", err),
    }
}

RBAC Roles

For Entra ID auth, assign one of these roles:

Role	Access
Azure Event Hubs Data Sender	Send events
Azure Event Hubs Data Receiver	Receive events
Azure Event Hubs Data Owner	Full access

Best Practices

1. Use DeveloperToolsCredential for local dev, ManagedIdentityCredential for production — the Rust SDK does not have DefaultAzureCredential
2. Never hardcode credentials — use environment variables or managed identity
3. Use batching — create_batch + send_batch for throughput optimization
4. Handle errors per event — match on Ok/Err in the event stream
5. Specify start position — use StartLocation::Earliest or StartLocation::Latest to control where consumption begins

Reference Links

Resource	Link
API Reference	https://docs.rs/azure_messaging_eventhubs
crates.io	https://crates.io/crates/azure_messaging_eventhubs