-1 I don't think the reasons from the KIP are good enough:
1 -- That other tools have a REST interface isn't a reason Kafka needs one. Further, "it is useful" is not a reason; *why* is it useful? 2 -- Why does a REST server *need* to be immediately available to every use that downloads Kafka? 3 -- Maintaining compatibility between Kafka and a REST proxy see seems like a burden that should be on the maintainers of the REST proxy, not on the core team. On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 2:48 AM, Jan Filipiak <jan.filip...@trivago.com> wrote: > And you also still need to find the correct broker, for each http call, > wich is also hard, when programming against the http api > > > On 26.10.2016 09:46, Jan Filipiak wrote: > >> So happy to see this reply. >> I do think the same, actually makes it way harder to properly batch up >> records on http, as kafka core would need to know how to split your payload. >> It would help people do the wrong thing IMO >> >> best Jan >> >> On 25.10.2016 23:58, Jay Kreps wrote: >> >>> -1 >>> >>> I think the REST server for Kafka that already exists is quite good and >>> getting contributions. Moving this into the core project doesn't solve a >>> problem that I see. >>> >>> -Jay >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 2:16 PM, Harsha Chintalapani <ka...@harsha.io> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi All, >>>> We are proposing to have a REST Server as part of Apache >>>> Kafka >>>> to provide producer/consumer/admin APIs. We Strongly believe having >>>> REST server functionality with Apache Kafka will help a lot of users. >>>> Here is the KIP that Mani Kumar wrote >>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP- >>>> 80:+Kafka+Rest+Server. >>>> There is a discussion thread in dev list that had differing opinions on >>>> whether to include REST server in Apache Kafka or not. You can read more >>>> about that in this thread >>>> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/kafka-dev/201610.mb >>>> ox/%3CCAMVt_ >>>> aymqeudm39znsxgktpdde46sowmqhsxop-+jmbcuv7...@mail.gmail.com%3E >>>> >>>> This is a VOTE thread to check interest in the community for >>>> adding REST Server implementation in Apache Kafka. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Harsha >>>> >>>> >> > -- *Samuel Taylor* Data Science *Square Root, Inc. <http://square-root.com/>* <http://square-root.com/>Square-Root.com <http://square-root.com/>
