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Sample chat using Socket.IO backed by Kafka

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Sample chat using Socket.IO backed by Kafka.

Motivation

Usually Kafka clients require some sort of server side worker, for example when you need a certificate.

Having a kafka client listening on the server side and publishing to the Web clients using Socket.IO affectivelly provides a kafka client for a web app.

Setup

Install Zookeeper/Kafka in your local environment (or connect to an existing)

Start Zookeeper:

$ zookeeper-server-start /usr/local/etc/kafka/zookeeper.properties

Start Kafka server:

$ kafka-server-start /usr/local/etc/kafka/server.properties

Install dependencies

node install

Start the server

node index.js

Open 2 web browsers, go to localhost:3000 http://localhost:3000/

Optionally run Kafka producer & consumer

$ kafka-console-consumer --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --topic test-topic --from-beginning

$ kafka-console-producer --broker-list localhost:9092 --topic test-topic