BTW, Wikimedia uses varnishkafka to produce http requests to Kafka, and we are pretty happy with it.
https://github.com/wikimedia/varnishkafka > On Mar 5, 2015, at 13:09, Ewen Cheslack-Postava <e...@confluent.io> wrote: > > Yes, Confluent built a REST proxy that gives access to cluster metadata > (e.g. list topics, leaders for partitions, etc), producer (send binary or > Avro messages to any topic), and consumer (run a consumer instance and > consume messages from a topic). And you are correct, internally it uses > Jetty and Jersey. > > http://confluent.io/docs/current/kafka-rest/docs/intro.html gives a pretty > detailed listing of what's supported, what isn't yet, and how to get > started. It's also open source, so if you find something you need is > missing, we'd love to get a pull request! Code is available at > https://github.com/confluentinc/kafka-rest > > There's also a mailing list for Confluent's platform that you might be > interested in: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/confluent-platform > If you have questions about getting started with the REST proxy, asking > there might be better so we keep this list focused on Kafka itself. > > Finally, if Confluent's REST proxy doesn't work for you, we'd like to know > why, but there are also some alternatives -- see the "HTTP REST" section of > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Clients > > -Ewen > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 9:55 AM, Julio Castillo < > jcasti...@financialengines.com> wrote: > >> I read the description of the new Confluent Platform and it briefly >> describes some REST access to a producer and a consumer. >> Does this mean there is a new process(es) running (Jetty based)? >> This process integrates both the consumer and producer libraries? >> >> Thanks >> >> Julio Castillo >> >> NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachments to it may be privileged, >> confidential or contain trade secret information and is intended only for >> the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If this >> e-mail was sent to you in error, please notify me immediately by either >> reply e-mail or by phone at 408.498.6000, and do not use, disseminate, >> retain, print or copy the e-mail or any attachment. All messages sent to >> and from this e-mail address may be monitored as permitted by or necessary >> under applicable law and regulations. >> > > > > -- > Thanks, > Ewen
