camel-rest-kafka-connector source configuration

Connector description: Expose REST services or call external REST services.

When using camel-rest-kafka-connector as source make sure to use the following Maven dependency to have support for the connector:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.camel.kafkaconnector</groupId>
  <artifactId>camel-rest-kafka-connector</artifactId>
  <version>x.x.x</version>
  <!-- use the same version as your Camel Kafka connector version -->
</dependency>

To use this Source connector in Kafka connect you’ll need to set the following connector.class

connector.class=org.apache.camel.kafkaconnector.rest.CamelRestSourceConnector

The camel-rest source connector supports 16 options, which are listed below.

Name Description Default Required Priority

camel.source.path.method

HTTP method to use. One of: [get] [post] [put] [delete] [patch] [head] [trace] [connect] [options]

null

true

HIGH

camel.source.path.path

The base path

null

true

HIGH

camel.source.path.uriTemplate

The uri template

null

false

MEDIUM

camel.source.endpoint.consumes

Media type such as: 'text/xml', or 'application/json' this REST service accepts. By default we accept all kinds of types.

null

false

MEDIUM

camel.source.endpoint.inType

To declare the incoming POJO binding type as a FQN class name

null

false

MEDIUM

camel.source.endpoint.outType

To declare the outgoing POJO binding type as a FQN class name

null

false

MEDIUM

camel.source.endpoint.produces

Media type such as: 'text/xml', or 'application/json' this REST service returns.

null

false

MEDIUM

camel.source.endpoint.routeId

Name of the route this REST services creates

null

false

MEDIUM

camel.source.endpoint.bridgeErrorHandler

Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

false

false

MEDIUM

camel.source.endpoint.consumerComponentName

The Camel Rest component to use for (consumer) the REST transport, such as jetty, servlet, undertow. If no component has been explicit configured, then Camel will lookup if there is a Camel component that integrates with the Rest DSL, or if a org.apache.camel.spi.RestConsumerFactory is registered in the registry. If either one is found, then that is being used.

null

false

MEDIUM

camel.source.endpoint.description

Human description to document this REST service

null

false

MEDIUM

camel.source.endpoint.exceptionHandler

To let the consumer use a custom ExceptionHandler. Notice if the option bridgeErrorHandler is enabled then this option is not in use. By default the consumer will deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

null

false

MEDIUM

camel.source.endpoint.exchangePattern

Sets the exchange pattern when the consumer creates an exchange. One of: [InOnly] [InOut] [InOptionalOut]

null

false

MEDIUM

camel.component.rest.bridgeErrorHandler

Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

false

false

MEDIUM

camel.component.rest.consumerComponentName

The Camel Rest component to use for (consumer) the REST transport, such as jetty, servlet, undertow. If no component has been explicit configured, then Camel will lookup if there is a Camel component that integrates with the Rest DSL, or if a org.apache.camel.spi.RestConsumerFactory is registered in the registry. If either one is found, then that is being used.

null

false

MEDIUM

camel.component.rest.autowiredEnabled

Whether autowiring is enabled. This is used for automatic autowiring options (the option must be marked as autowired) by looking up in the registry to find if there is a single instance of matching type, which then gets configured on the component. This can be used for automatic configuring JDBC data sources, JMS connection factories, AWS Clients, etc.

true

false

MEDIUM

The camel-rest source connector has no converters out of the box.

The camel-rest source connector has no transforms out of the box.

The camel-rest source connector has no aggregation strategies out of the box.

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