apache-kafka kafka console tools kafka-console-producer
Example
This tool lets you produce messages from the command-line.
Send simple string messages to a topic:
kafka-console-producer --broker-list localhost:9092 --topic test
here is a message
here is another message
^D
(each new line is a new message, type ctrl+D or ctrl+C to stop)
Send messages with keys:
kafka-console-producer --broker-list localhost:9092 --topic test-topic \
--property parse.key=true \
--property key.separator=,
key 1, message 1
key 2, message 2
null, message 3
^D
Send messages from a file:
kafka-console-producer --broker-list localhost:9092 --topic test_topic < file.log
