A Kafka file is a file with the .kafka file extension. It provides, for the currently selected cluster, the ability to declare:
Before performing actions from a .kafka file, a cluster must be selected:
Once a cluster has been selected, the following codelens will appear in the .kafka file:
Declare PRODUCER blocks to easily produce records:
See Producing messages for more information.
Declare CONSUMER blocks to start/stop consumer groups on a topic, with optional group id, offset and partitions attributes:
See Consuming messages for more information.
Its possible to trigger the CONSUMER and PRODUCER blocks without clicking on codelens (without using the mouse).
Use the Inline activate - produce or start/stop consumer command to activate the block the cursor is currently in.
Notice the cursor is inside the red block