
kafka-python
============

This module provides low-level protocol support for Apache Kafka as well as
high-level consumer and producer classes. Request batching is supported by the
protocol as well as broker-aware request routing. Gzip and Snappy compression
is also supported for message sets.

http://kafka.apache.org/

On Freenode IRC at #kafka-python, as well as #apache-kafka

For general discussion of kafka-client design and implementation (not python specific),
see https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!forum/kafka-clients

Status
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The current stable version of this package is `0.9.2 <https://github.com/mumrah/kafka-python/releases/tag/v0.9.2>`_ and is compatible with:

Kafka broker versions

* 0.8.0
* 0.8.1
* 0.8.1.1

Python versions

* 2.6 (tested on 2.6.9)
* 2.7 (tested on 2.7.8)
* pypy (tested on pypy 2.3.1 / python 2.7.6)
* (Python 3.3 and 3.4 support has been added to trunk and will be available the next release)

License
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Copyright 2014, David Arthur under Apache License, v2.0. See `LICENSE <https://github.com/mumrah/kafka-python/blob/master/LICENSE>`_.


Contents
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.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   install
   tests
   usage
   api_reference


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* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`modindex`
* :ref:`search`

