@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ Python client for the Apache Kafka distributed stream processing system.
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kafka-python is designed to function much like the official java client, with a
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sprinkling of pythonic interfaces (e.g., consumer iterators).
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- kafka-python is best used with 0.9 brokers , but is backwards-compatible with
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+ kafka-python is best used with newer brokers (0.10 or 0.9) , but is backwards-compatible with
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older versions (to 0.8.0). Some features will only be enabled on newer brokers,
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however; for example, fully coordinated consumer groups -- i.e., dynamic partition
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- assignment to multiple consumers in the same group -- requires use of 0.9 kafka
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+ assignment to multiple consumers in the same group -- requires use of 0.9+ kafka
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brokers. Supporting this feature for earlier broker releases would require
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writing and maintaining custom leadership election and membership / health
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check code (perhaps using zookeeper or consul). For older brokers, you can
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ KafkaConsumer
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KafkaConsumer is a high-level message consumer, intended to operate as similarly
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- as possible to the official 0.9 java client. Full support for coordinated
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- consumer groups requires use of kafka brokers that support the 0.9 Group APIs.
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+ as possible to the official java client. Full support for coordinated
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+ consumer groups requires use of kafka brokers that support the Group APIs: kafka v0.9+ .
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See <http://kafka-python.readthedocs.org/en/master/apidoc/KafkaConsumer.html>
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for API and configuration details.
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ for interacting with kafka brokers via the python repl. This is useful for
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testing, probing, and general experimentation. The protocol support is
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leveraged to enable a KafkaClient.check_version() method that
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probes a kafka broker and attempts to identify which version it is running
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- (0.8.0 to 0.9 ).
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+ (0.8.0 to 0.10 ).
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