README.md

Simple Kafka Consumer in Go

This is a template repository for a simple Kafka consumer in Go. It uses the confluent pkg.

Instructions

1. Clone this repository into your $GOPATH/src directory.

2. Make sure your imports are correct and run go mod tidy to update the go.sum file.

3. Start up a local kafka instance using the below command. This docker compose file will automatically create a topic called test-topic-1.Kafka-REST is also included to make it easy to interact with the kafka instance vua HTTP.

   docker-compose up -d 

   You can check that the topic was created by running the following command:

   curl --request GET --url http://localhost:38082/topics

4. Run go run main.go to start the consumer.

   Note: If you are using a different kafka instance, you will need to update the properties in the config/config.go file.

5. Send a message to the topic using the following command:

   curl --request POST \
   --url http://localhost:38082/topics/test-topic-1 \
   --header 'content-type: application/vnd.kafka.json.v2+json' \
   --data '{
       "records": [
           {
               "value": {
                   "taskType":"taskType1",
                   "data":{
                       "id":1,
                       "name": "John Doe"
                   }
               }
           }
       ]
   }'

   You should see the message printed to the console.