Robin Moffatt • 5/10/2018

Quick 'n Easy Population of Realistic Test Data into Kafka

This technical article demonstrates a method for populating Apache Kafka with realistic test data. It explains how to use the Mockaroo service to generate structured JSON data via a REST API and then pipe it directly into a Kafka topic using the kafkacat command-line producer, providing a simple and effective workflow for testing and demonstrations.

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#Kafka #Test Data #Data Streaming