Introduction to Apache Kafka® for Python Programmers | Confluent

This post introduces the Confluent Python client (`confluent-kafka-python`) which leverages the high-performance C client `librdkafka`. It provides a guide on installing the client, starting a local Kafka cluster using Confluent Platform, producing messages with callbacks and flush/poll methods, and consuming messages with consumer groups and offset management. It also mentions advanced features like partition assignment hooks and Avro serialization with Schema Registry.