Connect Kafka with Golang
Introduction If you need to know the basics of Kafka , such as its key features, components, and advantages, I have an article covering that here . Please review it and follow the steps until you've completed the Kafka installation using Docker to proceed with the following sections. Connecting to Kafka with Golang Similar to the example in the article about connecting Kafka with NodeJS , this source code also includes two parts: initializing a producer to send messages to Kafka and using a consumer to subscribe to messages from a topic . I'll break down the code into smaller parts for better understanding. First, let's define the variable values. package main import ( "fmt" "github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-go/kafka" ) var ( broker = "localhost:9092" groupId = "group-id" topic = "topic-name" ) - Here, the package ` github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-go/kafka ` is used to connect to Kafk