Set Kafka Key Action

Provided by: "Apache Software Foundation"

Support Level for this Kamelet is: "Stable"

Set Kafka Key based on a specific incoming header value from the message body.

The headerName parameter allows you to specify which header value to set as Kafka Key.

Configuration Options

The following table summarizes the configuration options available for the set-kafka-key-action Kamelet:

Property	Name	Description	Type	Default	Example
headerName	Field	Required The name of the header to set as Kafka Key.	string
forceHeaderDeletion	Force Header Deletion	If true, it will remove the header with name headerName from the Exchange after setting it as Kafka Key.	boolean	false

Property

Name

Description

Type

Default

Example

headerName

Field

Required The name of the header to set as Kafka Key.

string

forceHeaderDeletion

Force Header Deletion

If true, it will remove the header with name headerName from the Exchange after setting it as Kafka Key.

boolean

false

Dependencies

At runtime, the set-kafka-key-action Kamelet relies upon the presence of the following dependencies:

camel:kamelet
camel:core

Camel JBang usage

Prerequisites

You’ve installed JBang.
You have executed the following command:

jbang app install camel@apache/camel

Supposing you have a file named route.yaml with this content:

- route:
    from:
      uri: "kamelet:timer-source"
      parameters:
        period: 10000
        message: 'test'
      steps:
        - to:
            uri: "kamelet:set-kafka-key-action"
            parameters:
            .
            .
            .
        - to:
            uri: "kamelet:log-sink"

You can now run it directly through the following command

camel run route.yaml

Kamelet source file

https://github.com/apache/camel-kamelets/blob/main/kamelets/set-kafka-key-action.kamelet.yaml