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investigate kafka's verifiable client support

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#611 opened on Oct 21, 2016

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Description

https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/2048

This change to Kafka introduces verifiable clients, which define an interface clients can implement to work against Kafka's own integration tests. We should investigate what it will take to my pykafka compatible with this protocol.

See the example verifiable consumer for guidelines on how to implement this for pykafka.

Contributor guide

Tech stack
pythonkafka
Domain
backendtesting
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
half day
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
PythonKafka basicsReading existing code
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
30
Research direction
The issue references the Apache Kafka PR #2048 which introduces verifiable clients, and points to an example implementation in confluent kafka python. The task is to investigate what changes are needed to make pykafka compatible with this protocol. Start by studying the verifiable consumer example and understanding the interface defined in the Kafka PR. Then examine pykafka's current client code to identify gaps.