Producer Part 2 - Writing the Kafka Producer

This tutorial guides you through creating a Kafka producer, configuring it, and setting up Kafka topics. It covers running a Kafka producer and consumer, and demonstrates how to enhance the producer with additional features like error handling and shutdown hooks. The tutorial also includes a practical example of using Twitter data to test the Kafka setup.

What is the primary purpose of the function 'create Kafka Producer'?

• To consume messages from a Kafka topic

• To produce messages to a Kafka topic

• To delete a Kafka topic

• To update Kafka configurations

Which of the following is NOT a property set for the Kafka producer?

• Consumer group

• Bootstrap server

• Key serializer

• Value serializer

What is the purpose of the callback function in the Kafka producer setup?

• To intercept and handle errors

• To decrease message latency

• To log successful message sends

• To increase message throughput

What command is used to create a Kafka topic?

• kafka-console-producer

• kafka-console-consumer

• kafka-topics

• kafka-configs

What is the significance of setting a replication factor when creating a Kafka topic?

• It defines the number of topic replicas

• It specifies the number of partitions

• It sets the number of producers

• It determines the number of consumers

What happens when the Kafka producer is stopped using a shutdown hook?

• Producer settings are reset

• Messages are sent to a backup server

• Messages are discarded

• Messages in memory are sent before shutdown

How can you test the Kafka producer with real-time data?

• By updating the producer configuration

• By creating a new Kafka topic

• By tweeting with specific terms

• By sending emails