Create Kafka Topic

This endpoint creates a new kafka topic in a cluster.

Request Parameters

name · string · required

Name of the new kafka topic

partitions · int · required

The number of partitions the topic will have

retention_time · int · required

Retention time of messsages in the topic -1 for highest possible value

retention_size · int · required

Retention size of the messages in the topic -1 for highest possible value

max_message_size · int · required

Max message size in the topic -1 for highest possible value

cleanup_policy · string · required

Cleanup policy will be used in the topic compact or delete

cluster_id · string · required

ID of the cluster the topic will be deployed in

Response Parameters

topic_id · string

ID of the new kafka topic

topic_name · string

Name of the new kafka topic

cluster_id · string

ID of the created Kafka cluster

name · string

Name of the Kafka cluster

region · string

The region the Kafka cluster is deployed in

type · string

Shows whether the cluster is free or paid

multizone · boolean

Whether the multizone replication is enabled for the cluster or not

tcp_endpoint · string

TCP endpoint to connect to the Kafka cluster

rest_endpoint · string

REST endpoint to connect to the Kafka cluster

state · string

Current state of the cluster(active, deleted)

username · string

Username to be used in authenticating to the cluster

password · string

Password to be used in authenticating to the cluster

max_retention_size · int

Max retention size will be allowed to topics in the cluster

max_retention_time · int

Max retention time will be allowed to topics in the cluster

max_messages_per_second · int

Max messages allowed to be produced per second

creation_time · int

Cluster creation timestamp

max_message_size · int

Max message size will be allowed in topics in the cluster

max_partitions · int

Max total number of partitions allowed in the cluster

curl

curl -X POST \
  https://api.upstash.com/v2/kafka/topic \
  -u 'EMAIL:API_KEY' \
  -d '{"name":"test-kafka-topic","partitions":1,"retention_time":1234,"retention_size":4567,"max_message_size":8912,"cleanup_policy":"delete","cluster_id":"9bc0e897-cbd3-4997-895a-fd77ad00aec9"}'

200 OK

{
    "topic_id": "0f458c88-2dc6-4f69-97bb-05060e0be934",
    "topic_name": "test-kafka-topic",
    "cluster_id": "9bc0e897-cbd3-4997-895a-fd77ad00aec9",
    "region": "eu-west-1",
    "creation_time": 1643981720,
    "state": "active",
    "partitions": 1,
    "multizone": true,
    "tcp_endpoint": "sharing-mastodon-12819-eu1-kafka.upstashdev.com",
    "rest_endpoint": "sharing-mastodon-12819-eu1-rest-kafka.upstashdev.com",
    "username": "c2hhcmluZy1tYXN0b2Rvbi0xMjgxOSRV1ipriSBOwd0PHzw2KAs_cDrTXzvUKIs",
    "password": "eu8K3rYRS-ma0AsINDo7MMemmHjjRSldHJcG3c1LUMZkFfdSf9u_Kd4xCWO9_oQc",
    "cleanup_policy": "delete",
    "retention_size": 4567,
    "retention_time": 1234,
    "max_message_size": 8912
}