To Push or Pull Data into Kafka Connect? 3 Ways to Send Data to Kafka

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This post introduces two new Kafka Connectors: NettySource, which allows receiving data from network devices using TCP and UDP protocols, and PollableAPIClient, which enables pulling data from remote APIs. It details their configurations, including advanced options like TLS/SSL support, multiple tasks, health checks, and high availability deployments for NettySource. It also covers customization options for NettySource based on Netty's event model and discusses the architecture of PollableAPIClient, which separates data ingestion from Kafka Connect API details. Additionally, it mentions a Transformations library for data manipulation.