I'm going to change my vote to a -1, great points made by all. (Although I would want to have another discussion around a "management" REST endpoint for Kafka, I think there would be value in that)
On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 3:56 PM, Samuel Taylor <stay...@square-root.com> wrote: > -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/> > -- This email, including attachments, is private and confidential. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and delete it from your system. Emails are not secure and may contain viruses. No liability can be accepted for viruses that might be transferred by this email or any attachment. Any unauthorised copying of this message or unauthorised distribution and publication of the information contained herein are prohibited. 7digital Limited. Registered office: 69 Wilson Street, London EC2A 2BB. Registered in England and Wales. Registered No. 04843573.
