Could I create a topic in Kafka via API? Using any python library

Question

I'm trying to find information about the topic creation in Kafka via API, because I need to automate some tasks, It would be great if someone knows if it's possible, I was reading here:

https://docs.confluent.io/current/kafka-rest/api.html#crest-api-v3

But it didn't work for me. If I try to do

GET in /v3/clusters/ --> returns code 404

Proclaim

Does this answer your question? Is it possible to create a topic with Kafka Rest Proxy? – Hachman

More or less... I haven't got Kafka Rest Proxy installed and configured, so to create kafka topics from API Rest I'm using confluent-kafka library from here: docs.confluent.io/current/clients/confluent-kafka-python/… – Proclaim

okay, then you might think to rephrase your question. You are not mentioning something about Python (only the tag) and put a link to the REST API. This was very misleading to me. – Hachman

Answer 1

I'm answering my own question.

I post here what I found, that rest endpoint is useful only in case you have configured kafka rest proxy, if not, try to use any external library.

If found this one:

https://docs.confluent.io/current/clients/confluent-kafka-python/index.html

"Kafka Admin client: create, view, alter, delete topics and resources."

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