This tutorial, demonstrates the basics of using SwaggerHub Explore to subscribe and publish to a Kafka service.
Requirements
To complete this tutorial, you need:
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Basic knowledge of Kafka services.
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Access to a Kafka installation.
Kafka API Event Stream Example
You need to use your own Kafka site for this tutorial. As a result, you also need to adjust your settings in the following examples.
Subscribe to an event stream
Let's subscribe to an event feed from Kafka. To do that:
- From the Protocol menu, select Kafka.
- From the Operation menu, select Subscribe.
- In the Server field, enter your server address.
- In the Channel field enter your channel.
- Click Authorization Settings and complete the required fields for your login credentials.
- Click Connection Settings & Parameters and complete the required fields to specify how long you want the subscription to last.
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Click Subscribe to begin your subscription.
As events happen, the Received Messages section starts to display records, with the most recent at the top.
- Click individual event messages to view details.
| Note: | The subscription streams for the duration specified in your Connection Settings & Parameters settings. |
Publish with Kafka
To publish data with Kafka:
- From the Operation menu, select Publish.
- Click Body and paste your data into the Body field.
- Click Publish.