Neglect the need to `import slixmpp.plugins.xep_0060.stanza.pubsub as pubsub`

[sjehuda]

The following code was copied to Slixfeed news bot from the atomtopubsub project (file: publishx.py).

    def create_entry(xmpp_instance, jid, node, item_id, payload):
        iq = xmpp_instance.Iq(stype="set", sto=jid)
        iq['pubsub']['publish']['node'] = node
        item = pubsub.Item()
        item['id'] = item_id
        item['payload'] = payload
        iq['pubsub']['publish'].append(item)
        return iq

    await iq.send(timeout=15)

Instead, it is possible to use a Slixmpp function

    async def publish_node_item(xmpp_instance, jid, node, item_id, payload):
        try:
          iq = await xmpp_instance.plugin['xep_0060'].publish(
                jid, node, id=item_id, payload=payload)
          # NOTE I suppose I want to make use of variable "iq" to read result and handle occurrences of issues.
          print(iq)
          return iq
        except (IqError, IqTimeout) as e:
          print(e)

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From Slixmpp (slixmpp/plugins/xep_0060/pubsub).

    def publish(self, jid, node, id=None, payload=None, options=None,
                ifrom=None, timeout_callback=None, callback=None,
                timeout=None):
        """
        Add a new item to a node, or edit an existing item.

        For services that support it, you can use the publish command
        as an event signal by not including an ID or payload.

        When including a payload and you do not provide an ID then
        the service will generally create an ID for you.

        Publish options may be specified, and how those options
        are processed is left to the service, such as treating
        the options as preconditions that the node's settings
        must match.

        :param jid: The JID of the pubsub service.
        :param node: The node to publish the item to.
        :param id: Optionally specify the ID of the item.
        :param payload: The item content to publish.
        :param options: A form of publish options.
        """
        iq = self.xmpp.Iq(sto=jid, sfrom=ifrom, stype='set')
        iq['pubsub']['publish']['node'] = node
        if id is not None:
            iq['pubsub']['publish']['item']['id'] = id
        if payload is not None:
            iq['pubsub']['publish']['item']['payload'] = payload
        iq['pubsub']['publish_options'] = options
        return iq.send(callback=callback, timeout=timeout, timeout_callback=timeout_callback)

[edhelas]

Please open a PR with your actual changes :)