KafkaHeader¶

Defines Kafka message headers to attach to each produced message. Each entry is a key=value pair.

This parameter applies to omkafka: write to Apache Kafka.

Name:: KafkaHeader
Scope:: action
Type:: array[string]
Default:: action=none
Required?:: no
Introduced:: 8.2405.0

Description¶

Specifies static headers that are added to every message sent to Kafka. The parameter accepts an array of key=value strings.

Action usage¶

action(type="omkafka"
       topic="mytopic"
       broker="localhost:9092"
       kafkaHeader=["foo=bar","answer=42"])

See also¶

omkafka: write to Apache Kafka

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