Apache Kafka · Schema

Kafka Record

Schema for an Apache Kafka record (message) including key, value, headers, and metadata.

Distributed SystemsEvent StreamingMessagingOpen SourcePub-Sub

Name	Type	Description
topic	string	The topic the record belongs to
partition	integer	The partition within the topic
offset	integer	The offset of the record within the partition
timestamp	integer	The timestamp of the record in milliseconds since epoch
timestampType	string	The type of timestamp
key	object	The record key, used for partitioning. Can be any type.
value	object	The record value (message payload). Can be any type.
headers	object	Key-value pairs of record headers