x/kafkaProducer component: publish kafka data. Used to send the current message payload to the specified kafka topic.

Configuration

Field	Type	Required	Description	Default value
topic	string	Yes	Publish topic, can using Component Configuration Variables.	-
key	string	No	Partition key, can using Component Configuration Variables.	-
partition	int	No	Partition number	-
brokers	[]string	Yes	Kafka server address list	["localhost:9092"]

Relation Type

• Success: Execution successful, send message to Success chain
• Failure: Execution failed, send message to Failure chain

Execution result

• Execution successful:
  • msg.data: unchanged.
  • msg.Metadata.partition: partition number.
  • msg.Metadata.offset: offset.

Configuration example

{
  "id": "s5",
  "type": "x/kafkaProducer",
  "name": "Publish to kafka",
  "debugMode": true,
  "configuration": {
    "topic": "device.msg.request",
    "brokers": ["localhost:9092"]
  }
}

Application example

Application example reference: kafka producer example (opens new window)