docs/en/connector/sink/Console.mdx

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# Console

> Console sink connector

## Description

Output data to standard terminal or Flink taskManager, which is often used for debugging and easy to observe the data.

:::tip

Engine Supported and plugin name

* [x] Spark: Console
* [x] Flink: Console

:::

## Options

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    groupId="engine-type"
    defaultValue="spark"
    values={[
        {label: 'Spark', value: 'spark'},
        {label: 'Flink', value: 'flink'},
    ]}>
<TabItem value="spark">

| name           | type   | required | default value |
| -------------- | ------ | -------- | ------------- |
| limit          | number | no       | 100           |
| serializer     | string | no       | plain         |
| common-options | string | no       | -             |

### limit [number]

Limit the number of `rows` to be output, the legal range is `[-1, 2147483647]` , `-1` means that the output is up to `2147483647` rows

### serializer [string]

The format of serialization when outputting. Available serializers include: `json` , `plain`

### common options [string]

Sink plugin common parameters, please refer to [Sink Plugin](common-options.md) for details

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="flink">

## Options

| name           | type   | required | default value |
|----------------|--------| -------- |---------------|
| limit          | int    | no       | INT_MAX       |
| common-options | string | no       | -             |

### limit [int]

limit console result lines

### common options [string]

Sink plugin common parameters, please refer to [Sink Plugin](common-options.md) for details

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

## Examples

<Tabs
    groupId="engine-type"
    defaultValue="spark"
    values={[
        {label: 'Spark', value: 'spark'},
        {label: 'Flink', value: 'flink'},
    ]}>
<TabItem value="spark">

```bash
console {
    limit = 10,
    serializer = "json"
}
```

> Output 10 rows of data in Json format

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="flink">

```bash
ConsoleSink{}
```

## Note

Flink's console output is in flink's WebUI

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