It's correct that's that's that what needs te be done. But usually you let the serializer do that for your, if there is no way te set a serializer, you probably could do it this way, and the message can be read by a regular kafka avro consumer.
On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 5:45 PM Tauzell, Dave <dave.tauz...@surescripts.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I have a .Net client (Microsoft KafkaNet) putting serialized Avro messages > onto Kafka. I started up the Kafka Connect HDFS connector but it fails > with a "No magic byte!" error. After some research it appears that I need > to do the following: > > > 1. Register my avro schema with the Schema Registry > > 2. When adding my message I need to prepend my data with: > > a. A null byte (byte 0) > > b. 32 bit schema id > > Does that seem right? I don't think the KafkaNet library will do this for > me. > > -Dave > > Dave Tauzell | Senior Software Engineer | Surescripts > O: 651.855.3042 | www.surescripts.com<http://www.surescripts.com/> | > dave.tauz...@surescripts.com<mailto:dave.tauz...@surescripts.com> > Connect with us: Twitter<https://twitter.com/Surescripts> I LinkedIn< > https://www.linkedin.com/company/surescripts-llc> I Facebook< > https://www.facebook.com/Surescripts> I YouTube< > http://www.youtube.com/SurescriptsTV> > > > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential, may > contain sensitive information, and are intended solely for the use of the > individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this > e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail immediately and > destroy all copies of the e-mail and any attachments. >
