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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
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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.
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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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