KafkaJS is a modern Apache Kafka client for Node.js. It is designed to be simple, reliable, and performant, making it easy to interact with Kafka brokers and manage Kafka topics, producers, and consumers.
Producer
This code sample demonstrates how to create a Kafka producer using KafkaJS. The producer connects to the Kafka broker, sends a message to a specified topic, and then disconnects.
const { Kafka } = require('kafkajs');
const kafka = new Kafka({
clientId: 'my-app',
brokers: ['kafka1:9092', 'kafka2:9092']
});
const producer = kafka.producer();
const run = async () => {
await producer.connect();
await producer.send({
topic: 'test-topic',
messages: [
{ value: 'Hello KafkaJS user!' }
]
});
await producer.disconnect();
};
run().catch(console.error);Consumer
This code sample demonstrates how to create a Kafka consumer using KafkaJS. The consumer connects to the Kafka broker, subscribes to a specified topic, and logs each message received.
const { Kafka } = require('kafkajs');
const kafka = new Kafka({
clientId: 'my-app',
brokers: ['kafka1:9092', 'kafka2:9092']
});
const consumer = kafka.consumer({ groupId: 'test-group' });
const run = async () => {
await consumer.connect();
await consumer.subscribe({ topic: 'test-topic', fromBeginning: true });
await consumer.run({
eachMessage: async ({ topic, partition, message }) => {
console.log({
partition,
offset: message.offset,
value: message.value.toString(),
});
},
});
};
run().catch(console.error);Admin
This code sample demonstrates how to use the admin client in KafkaJS to create a new topic. The admin client connects to the Kafka broker, creates a topic with specified configurations, and then disconnects.
const { Kafka } = require('kafkajs');
const kafka = new Kafka({
clientId: 'my-app',
brokers: ['kafka1:9092', 'kafka2:9092']
});
const admin = kafka.admin();
const run = async () => {
await admin.connect();
await admin.createTopics({
topics: [
{ topic: 'test-topic', numPartitions: 1 }
]
});
await admin.disconnect();
};
run().catch(console.error);node-rdkafka is a high-performance Node.js client for Apache Kafka based on the C/C++ library librdkafka. It offers more advanced features and better performance compared to KafkaJS but can be more complex to set up and use.
kafka-node is another popular Kafka client for Node.js. It is simpler and easier to use compared to node-rdkafka but may not offer the same level of performance and advanced features as node-rdkafka or KafkaJS.
no-kafka is a pure JavaScript client for Apache Kafka. It is designed to be simple and easy to use, similar to KafkaJS, but it may not be as actively maintained or feature-rich as KafkaJS.
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KafkaJS is a modern Apache Kafka client for Node.js. It is compatible with Kafka 0.10+ and offers native support for 0.11 features.
npm install kafkajs
# yarn add kafkajs
const { Kafka } = require('kafkajs')
const kafka = new Kafka({
clientId: 'my-app',
brokers: ['kafka1:9092', 'kafka2:9092']
})
const producer = kafka.producer()
const consumer = kafka.consumer({ groupId: 'test-group' })
const run = async () => {
// Producing
await producer.connect()
await producer.send({
topic: 'test-topic',
messages: [
{ value: 'Hello KafkaJS user!' },
],
})
// Consuming
await consumer.connect()
await consumer.subscribe({ topic: 'test-topic', fromBeginning: true })
await consumer.run({
eachMessage: async ({ topic, partition, message }) => {
console.log({
partition,
offset: message.offset,
value: message.value.toString(),
})
},
})
}
run().catch(console.error)
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KafkaJS is an open-source project where development takes place in the open on GitHub. Although the project is maintained by a small group of dedicated volunteers, we are grateful to the community for bug fixes, feature development and other contributions.
See Developing KafkaJS for information on how to run and develop KafkaJS.
We welcome contributions to KafkaJS, but we also want to see a thriving third-party ecosystem. If you would like to create an open-source project that builds on top of KafkaJS, please get in touch and we'd be happy to provide feedback and support.
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