A simple kafka and python walkthrough

certainly! apache kafka is a distributed event streaming platform capable of handling trillions of events a day. it is often used for building real-time data pipelines and streaming applications. this tutorial will guide you through setting up a simple kafka producer and consumer using python.

### prerequisites

2. **python**: make sure you have python installed.
3. **kafka python client**: you will need the `kafka-python` library, which can be installed via pip.



### setting up kafka

1. **start zookeeper**: open a terminal and navigate to your kafka installation directory. start zookeeper with the following command:



2. **start kafka server**: in another terminal, start the kafka server:



3. **create a kafka topic**: open another terminal and create a topic called `test`:



4. **verify the topic**: check if the topic was created successfully:



### python code example

now, let’s create a simple producer and consumer in python.

#### producer code

#### consumer code

### running the example





### explanation

- **producer**: the producer sends messages to the `test` topic. in this example, it sends 10 messages with a 1-second interval.
- **consumer**: the consumer listens to the `test` topic and prints any messages it receives.

### conclusion

you have successfully set up a simple kafka producer and consumer using python! you can expand on this by adding more features like error han ...

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