cnatsis / kafka-connect-transforms

Kafka Connect Transforms

Kafka Connect Transforms (Filter)

Scope

This custom Kafka SMT (Single Message Transformation) is developed to filter or create tombstone Kafka records on a predefined filter. JsonPath expressions are used to refer to a JSON structure in each record.

Properties

Name	Description	Type	Default value	Valid values	Importance
pattern	JsonPath expression (https://github.com/json-path/JsonPath) to match.	String			HIGH
action	Action to apply on filtered records. With the "nullify" option, the record value and schema is set to null, and can be used in conjunction to create tombstone records.	String	include	(nullify, include, exclude)	MEDIUM

Examples

transforms=dropValue
transforms.dropValue.type=com.github.cnatsis.kafka.connect.transforms.Filter
transforms.dropValue.pattern=[?(@.my_field == "value")]
transforms.dropValue.action=nullify

Packaging

This application is packaged in a .jar file (includes dependencies) using Maven.

mvn clean package

Deployment

Deploy to Kafka Connect worker node and include .jar full path in the worker properties file (property plugin.path)