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kafkactl

kafkactl

A command-line interface for interaction with Apache Kafka.

Runs as kafkactl|macOS, Linux, Windows|github.com
Open form in Otty otty.toml

Command form

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Consume and produce messages and list topics. Protobuf, Avro and admin commands are left out.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun
Run in Otty
otty gui kafkactl

kafkactl consume

Consume messages
Consume messagesExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal
Basic
Topic*
string
From beginning
--from-beginning
Stop at latest offset
--exit
Max messages
integer
TasksEach one presets the form for one job
Read existing messages
topicfrom_beginningexitmax_messages
ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form
Topic
string · positional 0
From beginning
boolean
--from-beginning-b
Stop at latest offset
boolean
--exit-e
Consumer group
string
--group-g
Max messages
integer
--max-messages
Last N messages
integer
--tail
Print keys
boolean
--print-keys-k
Print timestamps
boolean
--print-timestamps-t

kafkactl produce

Produce a message
Produce a messageExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal
Basic
Topic*
string
Value*
string
Key
string
TasksEach one presets the form for one job
Send one message
topicvaluekey
ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form
Topic
string · positional 0
Value
string
--value-v
Key
string
--key-k
Read from file
path
--file-f
Partition
integer
--partition-p
Headers (key:value)
string · repeatable
--header-H

kafkactl list topics

List topics
List topicsExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal
Basic
Output format
4 choicesenum
ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form
Output format
enum
--output-ojsonyamlwidecompact
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