Apache Kafka · AsyncAPI Specification

Apache Kafka Messaging API

Version 3.7.0

Apache Kafka is a distributed event streaming platform capable of handling trillions of events a day. This spec describes the core messaging protocol for producing and consuming records to/from Kafka topics.

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Channels

{topic}

publish produceRecord

Produce a record to a Kafka topic

A Kafka topic is a category or feed name to which records are published. Topics are partitioned, and each partition is an ordered, immutable sequence of records that is continually appended to.

Messages

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KafkaRecord

Kafka Record

A record (message) in a Kafka topic

Servers

kafka

default localhost:9092

Default Kafka bootstrap server