Hello-Kafka

Hello-Kafka is a simple application that receives requests from /api/v1/message and publishes them to a Kafka topic. It also has an active listener that listens to the published topic and prints the message to the console.

Prerequisites

Before you can run this application, you'll need to have the following installed:

• Java (version 17 or higher)
• Apache Kafka (version 2.12 or higher)

Getting Started

To get started with Hello-Kafka, follow these steps:

1. Clone this repository to your local machine.
2. Configure the Kafka topic, producer, and consumer settings in the application.properties file.
3. Build the project using Maven: mvn clean package
4. Run the application using the Spring Boot Maven plugin: mvn spring-boot:run
5. Send a POST request to localhost:8080/api/v1/message with a message in the request body.
6. Check the console to see the message that was received by the Kafka listener.

Configuration

The following configuration files are available in the project:

• KafkaTopicConfig.java: Configures the Kafka topic settings.
• KafkaProducerConfig.java: Configures the Kafka producer settings.
• KafkaConsumerConfig.java: Configures the Kafka consumer settings.

Contributing

If you'd like to contribute to Hello-Kafka, please follow these guidelines:

1. Fork this repository.
2. Create a new branch for your changes.
3. Make your changes and commit them to your branch.
4. Push your branch to your forked repository.
5. Create a pull request from your branch to this repository's README.md file.

We appreciate your contributions and will review your pull request as soon as possible!

License

Hello-Kafka is released under the MIT License. See LICENSE file for details.