Kotlin Ktor Kafka: Producer and Consumer Example
Here’s a step-by-step explanation of the sequence diagram for message flow: 1. User Sends a Request The user initiates the process by sending a POST request to the Ktor server at the endpoint /kafka/send . This request contains the message payload that the user wants to send. 2. Ktor Server Processes the Request Upon receiving the request, the Ktor server calls the method sendMessage("my-topic", message) . The method is responsible for sending the user's message to the specified Kafka topic ( my-topic ). 3. Kafka Producer Sends the Message The Kafka Producer, configured within the Ktor server, takes the message and sends it to the Kafka Broker. The Kafka Producer ensures that the message is sent to the topic "my-topic" on the Kafka cluster. 4. Kafka Broker Receives the Message The Kafka Broker receives the message from the Kafka Producer. The Kafka Broker stores the message in the appropriate partition of the topic "my-topic" , making it available fo...