code: def publish(self, key, data):
          '''
          Publishes the data to the event stream.
          '''
          publish_data = {key: data}
          pub = salt.utils.json.dumps(publish_data) + str('\n\n')  # future lint: disable=blacklisted-function
          self.handler.write_message(pubf publish(self, key, data):
          '''
          Publishes the data to the event stream.
          '''
          publish_data = {key: data}
          pub = salt.utils.json.dumps(publish_data) + str('\n\n')  # future lint: disable=blacklisted-function
          self.handler.write_message(pub)
docs: Publishes the data to the event stream.