Confluent Kafka REST API

aid: confluent-the-data-streaming-platform:kafka-rest-api
name: Confluent Kafka REST API
description: The Kafka REST API (Confluent REST Proxy in self-managed deployments, Kafka REST in Cloud)
  provides HTTP access to Apache Kafka topics, consumers, partitions, brokers, and ACLs. Clients without
  a native Kafka library can produce and consume records, manage topics, and inspect metadata over HTTP.
  Cloud variants additionally enforce RBAC and Confluent Cloud authentication.
humanURL: https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/kafka-rest/api.html
baseURL: https://pkc-XXXXX.region.aws.confluent.cloud
image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Apache Kafka
- Producer
- Consumer
- REST
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/kafka-rest/api.html
- type: Cloud Documentation
  url: https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/kafka-rest/index.html
x-features:
- Topic Management
- Produce and Consume over HTTP
- Partition Inspection
- Consumer Group Management
- Broker Metadata
- ACL Management
x-use-cases:
- Produce events from clients without a Kafka library
- Bridge legacy systems to Kafka over HTTP
- Inspect topic and partition metadata from web tools
- Manage ACLs from automation scripts