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Event Streaming API

Applications that connect to the Event Streaming Platform need to do so in a consistent and reliable way.

Problem

How can my application connect to an Event Streaming Platform to send and receive Events?

Solution

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The Event Streaming Platform provides an Application Programming Interface (API) that allows applications to reliably communicate across the platform. The API provides a logical and well-documented protocol, which defines the message structure and data exchange methods. Higher-level libraries implement these protocols, so that a variety of technologies and programming languages can be used to interface with the platform. These higher-level libraries allow the application to focus on business logic and leave the details of platform communication to the API.

References

  • This pattern is derived from Message Endpoint in Enterprise Integration Patterns, by Gregor Hohpe and Bobby Woolf.
  • The Kafka Protocol Guide provides details about the wire protocol implemented in Kafka.
  • The Kafka API documentation contains information about the variety of APIs available for reading from, writing to, and administering Kafka.

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