kafka-python¶
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.
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/m/#!forum/kafka-clients
Status¶
The current stable version of this package is 0.9.3 and is compatible with:
Kafka broker versions
- 0.8.2.1 [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 2.5.0 / python 2.7.8)