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Kafka Python client
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This module provides low-level protocol support for Apache Kafka as well as
high-level consumer and producer classes. Request batching is supported by the
protocol as well as broker-aware request routing. Gzip and Snappy compression
is also supported for message sets.
http://kafka.apache.org/
On Freenode IRC at #kafka-python, as well as #apache-kafka
For general discussion of kafka-client design and implementation (not python specific),
see https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/kafka-clients
License
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Copyright 2015, David Arthur under Apache License, v2.0. See `LICENSE`
Status
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The current stable version of this package is `0.9.3`_ and is compatible with:
Kafka broker versions
- 0.8.2.0 [offset management currently ZK only -- does not support ConsumerCoordinator offset management APIs]
- 0.8.1.1
- 0.8.1
- 0.8.0
Python versions
- 2.6 (tested on 2.6.9)
- 2.7 (tested on 2.7.9)
- 3.3 (tested on 3.3.5)
- 3.4 (tested on 3.4.2)
- pypy (tested on pypy 2.4.0 / python 2.7.8)
.. _Full documentation available on ReadTheDocs: http://kafka-python.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
.. _0.9.3: https://github.com/mumrah/kafka-python/releases/tag/v0.9.3