Admin
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Client for administrative operations like creating/deleting topics and managing consumer groups.
The admin inherits from the Base client.
Constructor
Creates a new admin.
It supports all the constructor options of Base.
Methods
listTopics([options[, callback]])
List all topics available on the cluster.
The return value is a list of available topics.
Options:
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
includeInternals | boolean | Whether to include internal Kafka topics in the returned list. |
createTopics(options[, callback])
Creates one or more topics.
The return value is a list of created topics, each containing id, name, partitions, replicas and configuration properties.
Options:
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
topics | string[] | Topics to create. |
partitions | number | Number of partitions for each topic. |
replicas | number | Number of replicas for each topic. |
assignments | BrokerAssignment[] | Assignments of partitions. Each assignment is an object with partition and brokers properties. |
configs | CreateTopicsRequestTopicConfig[] | Topic configurations. Each configuration is an object with name and value properties. |
deleteTopics(options[, callback])
Deletes one or more topics.
The return value is void.
Options:
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
topics | string[] | Topics to delete. |
createPartitions(options[, callback])
Creates additional partitions for existing topics.
The return value is void.
Options:
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
topics | CreatePartitionsRequestTopic[] | Topics to create partitions for with information about partition count and assignments for each topic. |
validateOnly | boolean | Whether to only validate the request without applying changes. Defaults to false. |
listGroups(options[, callback])
Lists consumer groups.
The return value is a list of groups, each containing the id, state, groupType and protocolType properties.
Options:
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| states | ConsumerGroupState[] | States of the groups to return. The valid values are defined in the ConsumerGroupStates enumeration. |
| types | string[] | Types of the groups to return. Default is ['consumer']. |
describeGroups(options[, callback])
Gets detailed information about consumer groups.
The return value is a map where keys are group names and values are the detailed group information.
Options:
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| groups | string[] | Groups to describe. |
includeAuthorizedOperations | boolean | Whether to include authorisation information in the response. Default is false. |
deleteGroups(options[, callback])
Deletes one or more consumer groups.
The return value is void.
Options:
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| groups | string[] | Groups to delete. |
removeMembersFromConsumerGroup(options[, callback])
Removes members from a consumer group.
The return value is void.
Options:
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| groupId | string | The consumer group ID. |
| members | (string | MemberRemoval)[] | null | Array of member IDs to remove (as strings), or an array of MemberRemoval objects with memberId and optional reason, or null to remove all members from the group. |
describeClientQuotas(options[, callback])
Gets detailed information about client quotas.
The return value is an object specifying quotas for the requested user/client combination.
Options:
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| components | DescribeClientQuotasRequestComponent[] | Array of components specifying the entity types and match criteria for which to describe client quotas. |
| strict | boolean | Whether to use strict matching for components. Defaults to false. |
alterClientQuotas(options[, callback])
Alters client quotas for specified entities.
The return value is a list of entities for which quotas have been changed.
Options:
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| entries | AlterClientQuotasRequestEntry[] | Array of entries specifying the entities and quotas to change. |
| validateOnly | boolean | Whether to only validate the request without applying changes. Defaults to false. |
createAcls(options[, callback])
Creates Access Control List (ACL) entries to define permissions for Kafka resources.
The return value is void.
Options:
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| creations | Acl[] | Array of ACL entries to create. |
describeAcls(options[, callback])
Describes existing Access Control List (ACL) entries that match the specified filter criteria.
The return value is an array of resources with their associated ACL entries.
Options:
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| filter | AclFilter | Filter criteria for matching ACL entries. |
The filter contains the same properties as ACL entries, but resourceName, principal, and host can be null to match any value.
deleteAcls(options[, callback])
Deletes Access Control List (ACL) entries that match the specified filter criteria.
The return value is an array of deleted ACL entries.
Options:
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| filters | AclFilter[] | Array of filter criteria for ACL entries to delete. |
describeLogDirs(options[, callback])
Describes log directories for specified topics across all brokers.
The return value is an array of broker log directory descriptions, each containing information one broker's log directories.
Options:
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| topics | DescribeLogDirsRequestTopic[] | Array of topics specifying the topics and partitions for which to describe logs. |
listConsumerGroupOffsets(options[, callback])
Lists committed offsets for consumer groups.
The return value is an array of groups with information about committed offsets per partition per topic.
Options:
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| groups | OffsetFetchRequestGroup[] | Array of groups specifying the groups and topics for which to list offsets. |
| requireStable | boolean | Whether to require stable offsets. |
alterConsumerGroupOffsets(options[, callback])
Alters committed offsets for a consumer group. Note, that the consumer group must be empty to succeed.
The return value is void.
Options:
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| groupId | string | The consumer group ID for which to alter offsets. |
| topics | AlterConsumerGroupOffsetsTopic[] | Array of topics with partitions and their new offset values. |
deleteConsumerGroupOffsets(options[, callback])
Deletes committed offsets for specific topics of a consumer group.
The return value is an array of topic partitions indicating which offsets were deleted.
Options:
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| groupId | string | The consumer group ID from which to delete offsets. |
| topics | { name: string, partitionIndexes: number[] }[] | Array of topics and partitions for which to delete offsets. |
deleteRecords(options[, callback])
Deletes records up to (but not including) the provided offset for each topic partition.
The return value is an array of topics with per-partition low watermarks after deletion ({ partition, lowWatermark }).
Options:
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| topics | { name: string, partitions: { partition: number, offset: bigint }[] }[] | Array of topics and partition offset targets to delete records up to. |
describeConfigs(options[, callback])
Describes configuration parameters for specified resources.
The return value is an array of resource configurations, each containing the resource type, name, and configuration entries.
Options:
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| resources | DescribeConfigsRequestResource[] | Array of resources specifying the resource type, name, and configuration keys to describe. |
| includeSynonyms | boolean | Whether to include configuration synonyms in the response. Defaults to false. |
| includeDocumentation | boolean | Whether to include configuration documentation in the response. Defaults to false. |
alterConfigs(options[, callback])
Alters configuration parameters for specified resources.
The return value is void.
Options:
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| resources | AlterConfigsRequestResource[] | Array of resources specifying the resource type, name, and configurations to change. |
| validateOnly | boolean | Whether to only validate the request without applying changes. Defaults to false. |
incrementalAlterConfigs(options[, callback])
Incrementally alters configuration parameters for specified resources using specific operations (Set, delete, append, subract).
The return value is void.
Options:
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| resources | IncrementalAlterConfigsRequestResource[] | Array of resources specifying the resource type, name, and incremental configurations. |
| validateOnly | boolean | Whether to only validate the request without applying changes. Defaults to false. |
listOffsets(options[, callback])
Lists offsets for specified topic partitions.
The return value is an array of topics, each containing partition offset information including the offset, timestamp, partition index, and leader epoch.
Options:
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| topics | TopicOffsetRequest[] | Array of topics with their partitions to query offsets for. Each topic has name and partitions (array of { partitionIndex, timestamp }). |
| isolationLevel | FetchIsolationLevel | null | Isolation level for reading offsets. Valid values are FetchIsolationLevels.READ_UNCOMMITTED (0) or FetchIsolationLevels.READ_COMMITTED (1). Defaults to READ_UNCOMMITTED. |
close([callback])
Closes the admin and all its connections.
The return value is void.