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Method create

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Creates a new Kafka topic in the specified cluster.

HTTP request

POST https://mdb.api.cloud.yandex.net/managed-kafka/v1/clusters/{clusterId}/topics

Path parameters

Parameter Description
clusterId Required. ID of the Apache Kafka® cluster to create a topic in. To get the cluster ID, make a list request. The maximum string length in characters is 50.

Body parameters

{
  "topicSpec": {
    "name": "string",
    "partitions": "integer",
    "replicationFactor": "integer",

    // `topicSpec` includes only one of the fields `topicConfig_2_1`, `topicConfig_2_6`, `topicConfig_2_8`
    "topicConfig_2_1": {
      "cleanupPolicy": "string",
      "compressionType": "string",
      "deleteRetentionMs": "integer",
      "fileDeleteDelayMs": "integer",
      "flushMessages": "integer",
      "flushMs": "integer",
      "minCompactionLagMs": "integer",
      "retentionBytes": "integer",
      "retentionMs": "integer",
      "maxMessageBytes": "integer",
      "minInsyncReplicas": "integer",
      "segmentBytes": "integer",
      "preallocate": true
    },
    "topicConfig_2_6": {
      "cleanupPolicy": "string",
      "compressionType": "string",
      "deleteRetentionMs": "integer",
      "fileDeleteDelayMs": "integer",
      "flushMessages": "integer",
      "flushMs": "integer",
      "minCompactionLagMs": "integer",
      "retentionBytes": "integer",
      "retentionMs": "integer",
      "maxMessageBytes": "integer",
      "minInsyncReplicas": "integer",
      "segmentBytes": "integer",
      "preallocate": true
    },
    "topicConfig_2_8": {
      "cleanupPolicy": "string",
      "compressionType": "string",
      "deleteRetentionMs": "integer",
      "fileDeleteDelayMs": "integer",
      "flushMessages": "integer",
      "flushMs": "integer",
      "minCompactionLagMs": "integer",
      "retentionBytes": "integer",
      "retentionMs": "integer",
      "maxMessageBytes": "integer",
      "minInsyncReplicas": "integer",
      "segmentBytes": "integer",
      "preallocate": true
    },
    // end of the list of possible fields`topicSpec`

  }
}
Field Description
topicSpec object

Required. Configuration of the topic to create.
topicSpec.
name		 string

Name of the topic.
topicSpec.
partitions		 integer (int64)

The number of the topic's partitions.
topicSpec.
replicationFactor		 integer (int64)

Amount of copies of a topic data kept in the cluster.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_1		 object
topicSpec includes only one of the fields topicConfig_2_1, topicConfig_2_6, topicConfig_2_8

A topic settings for 2.1.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_1.
cleanupPolicy		 string

Retention policy to use on old log messages.

  • CLEANUP_POLICY_DELETE: this policy discards log segments when either their retention time or log size limit is reached. See also: logRetentionMs and other similar parameters.
  • CLEANUP_POLICY_COMPACT: this policy compacts messages in log.
  • CLEANUP_POLICY_COMPACT_AND_DELETE: this policy use both compaction and deletion for messages and log segments.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_1.
compressionType		 string

The compression type for a given topic.

  • COMPRESSION_TYPE_UNCOMPRESSED: no codec (uncompressed).
  • COMPRESSION_TYPE_ZSTD: Zstandard codec.
  • COMPRESSION_TYPE_LZ4: LZ4 codec.
  • COMPRESSION_TYPE_SNAPPY: Snappy codec.
  • COMPRESSION_TYPE_GZIP: GZip codec.
  • COMPRESSION_TYPE_PRODUCER: the codec to use is set by a producer (can be any of ZSTD, LZ4, GZIP or SNAPPY codecs).
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_1.
deleteRetentionMs		 integer (int64)

The amount of time in milliseconds to retain delete tombstone markers for log compacted topics.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_1.
fileDeleteDelayMs		 integer (int64)

The time to wait before deleting a file from the filesystem.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_1.
flushMessages		 integer (int64)

The number of messages accumulated on a log partition before messages are flushed to disk.

This setting overrides the cluster-level logFlushIntervalMessages setting on the topic level.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_1.
flushMs		 integer (int64)

The maximum time in milliseconds that a message in the topic is kept in memory before flushed to disk.

This setting overrides the cluster-level logFlushIntervalMs setting on the topic level.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_1.
minCompactionLagMs		 integer (int64)

The minimum time in milliseconds a message will remain uncompacted in the log.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_1.
retentionBytes		 integer (int64)

The maximum size a partition can grow to before Kafka will discard old log segments to free up space if the delete cleanupPolicy is in effect. It is helpful if you need to control the size of log due to limited disk space.

This setting overrides the cluster-level logRetentionBytes setting on the topic level.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_1.
retentionMs		 integer (int64)

The number of milliseconds to keep a log segment's file before deleting it.

This setting overrides the cluster-level logRetentionMs setting on the topic level.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_1.
maxMessageBytes		 integer (int64)

The largest record batch size allowed in topic.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_1.
minInsyncReplicas		 integer (int64)

This configuration specifies the minimum number of replicas that must acknowledge a write to topic for the write to be considered successful (when a producer sets acks to "all").
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_1.
segmentBytes		 integer (int64)

This configuration controls the segment file size for the log. Retention and cleaning is always done a file at a time so a larger segment size means fewer files but less granular control over retention.

This setting overrides the cluster-level logSegmentBytes setting on the topic level.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_1.
preallocate		 boolean (boolean)

True if we should preallocate the file on disk when creating a new log segment.

This setting overrides the cluster-level logPreallocate setting on the topic level.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_6		 object
topicSpec includes only one of the fields topicConfig_2_1, topicConfig_2_6, topicConfig_2_8

A topic settings for 2.6
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_6.
cleanupPolicy		 string

Retention policy to use on old log messages.

  • CLEANUP_POLICY_DELETE: this policy discards log segments when either their retention time or log size limit is reached. See also: logRetentionMs and other similar parameters.
  • CLEANUP_POLICY_COMPACT: this policy compacts messages in log.
  • CLEANUP_POLICY_COMPACT_AND_DELETE: this policy use both compaction and deletion for messages and log segments.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_6.
compressionType		 string

The compression type for a given topic.

  • COMPRESSION_TYPE_UNCOMPRESSED: no codec (uncompressed).
  • COMPRESSION_TYPE_ZSTD: Zstandard codec.
  • COMPRESSION_TYPE_LZ4: LZ4 codec.
  • COMPRESSION_TYPE_SNAPPY: Snappy codec.
  • COMPRESSION_TYPE_GZIP: GZip codec.
  • COMPRESSION_TYPE_PRODUCER: the codec to use is set by a producer (can be any of ZSTD, LZ4, GZIP or SNAPPY codecs).
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_6.
deleteRetentionMs		 integer (int64)

The amount of time in milliseconds to retain delete tombstone markers for log compacted topics.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_6.
fileDeleteDelayMs		 integer (int64)

The time to wait before deleting a file from the filesystem.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_6.
flushMessages		 integer (int64)

The number of messages accumulated on a log partition before messages are flushed to disk.

This setting overrides the cluster-level logFlushIntervalMessages setting on the topic level.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_6.
flushMs		 integer (int64)

The maximum time in milliseconds that a message in the topic is kept in memory before flushed to disk.

This setting overrides the cluster-level logFlushIntervalMs setting on the topic level.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_6.
minCompactionLagMs		 integer (int64)

The minimum time in milliseconds a message will remain uncompacted in the log.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_6.
retentionBytes		 integer (int64)

The maximum size a partition can grow to before Kafka will discard old log segments to free up space if the delete cleanupPolicy is in effect. It is helpful if you need to control the size of log due to limited disk space.

This setting overrides the cluster-level logRetentionBytes setting on the topic level.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_6.
retentionMs		 integer (int64)

The number of milliseconds to keep a log segment's file before deleting it.

This setting overrides the cluster-level logRetentionMs setting on the topic level.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_6.
maxMessageBytes		 integer (int64)

The largest record batch size allowed in topic.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_6.
minInsyncReplicas		 integer (int64)

This configuration specifies the minimum number of replicas that must acknowledge a write to topic for the write to be considered successful (when a producer sets acks to "all").
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_6.
segmentBytes		 integer (int64)

This configuration controls the segment file size for the log. Retention and cleaning is always done a file at a time so a larger segment size means fewer files but less granular control over retention.

This setting overrides the cluster-level logSegmentBytes setting on the topic level.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_6.
preallocate		 boolean (boolean)

True if we should preallocate the file on disk when creating a new log segment.

This setting overrides the cluster-level logPreallocate setting on the topic level.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_8		 object
topicSpec includes only one of the fields topicConfig_2_1, topicConfig_2_6, topicConfig_2_8

A topic settings for 2.8
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_8.
cleanupPolicy		 string

Retention policy to use on old log messages.

  • CLEANUP_POLICY_DELETE: this policy discards log segments when either their retention time or log size limit is reached. See also: logRetentionMs and other similar parameters.
  • CLEANUP_POLICY_COMPACT: this policy compacts messages in log.
  • CLEANUP_POLICY_COMPACT_AND_DELETE: this policy use both compaction and deletion for messages and log segments.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_8.
compressionType		 string

The compression type for a given topic.

  • COMPRESSION_TYPE_UNCOMPRESSED: no codec (uncompressed).
  • COMPRESSION_TYPE_ZSTD: Zstandard codec.
  • COMPRESSION_TYPE_LZ4: LZ4 codec.
  • COMPRESSION_TYPE_SNAPPY: Snappy codec.
  • COMPRESSION_TYPE_GZIP: GZip codec.
  • COMPRESSION_TYPE_PRODUCER: the codec to use is set by a producer (can be any of ZSTD, LZ4, GZIP or SNAPPY codecs).
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_8.
deleteRetentionMs		 integer (int64)

The amount of time in milliseconds to retain delete tombstone markers for log compacted topics.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_8.
fileDeleteDelayMs		 integer (int64)

The time to wait before deleting a file from the filesystem.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_8.
flushMessages		 integer (int64)

The number of messages accumulated on a log partition before messages are flushed to disk.

This setting overrides the cluster-level logFlushIntervalMessages setting on the topic level.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_8.
flushMs		 integer (int64)

The maximum time in milliseconds that a message in the topic is kept in memory before flushed to disk.

This setting overrides the cluster-level logFlushIntervalMs setting on the topic level.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_8.
minCompactionLagMs		 integer (int64)

The minimum time in milliseconds a message will remain uncompacted in the log.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_8.
retentionBytes		 integer (int64)

The maximum size a partition can grow to before Kafka will discard old log segments to free up space if the delete cleanupPolicy is in effect. It is helpful if you need to control the size of log due to limited disk space.

This setting overrides the cluster-level logRetentionBytes setting on the topic level.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_8.
retentionMs		 integer (int64)

The number of milliseconds to keep a log segment's file before deleting it.

This setting overrides the cluster-level logRetentionMs setting on the topic level.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_8.
maxMessageBytes		 integer (int64)

The largest record batch size allowed in topic.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_8.
minInsyncReplicas		 integer (int64)

This configuration specifies the minimum number of replicas that must acknowledge a write to topic for the write to be considered successful (when a producer sets acks to "all").
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_8.
segmentBytes		 integer (int64)

This configuration controls the segment file size for the log. Retention and cleaning is always done a file at a time so a larger segment size means fewer files but less granular control over retention.

This setting overrides the cluster-level logSegmentBytes setting on the topic level.
topicSpec.
topicConfig_2_8.
preallocate		 boolean (boolean)

True if we should preallocate the file on disk when creating a new log segment.

This setting overrides the cluster-level logPreallocate setting on the topic level.

Response

HTTP Code: 200 - OK

{
  "id": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "createdAt": "string",
  "createdBy": "string",
  "modifiedAt": "string",
  "done": true,
  "metadata": "object",

  //  includes only one of the fields `error`, `response`
  "error": {
    "code": "integer",
    "message": "string",
    "details": [
      "object"
    ]
  },
  "response": "object",
  // end of the list of possible fields

}

An Operation resource. For more information, see Operation.

Field Description
id string

ID of the operation.
description string

Description of the operation. 0-256 characters long.
createdAt string (date-time)

Creation timestamp.

String in RFC3339 text format.
createdBy string

ID of the user or service account who initiated the operation.
modifiedAt string (date-time)

The time when the Operation resource was last modified.

String in RFC3339 text format.
done boolean (boolean)

If the value is false, it means the operation is still in progress. If true, the operation is completed, and either error or response is available.
metadata object

Service-specific metadata associated with the operation. It typically contains the ID of the target resource that the operation is performed on. Any method that returns a long-running operation should document the metadata type, if any.
error object
The error result of the operation in case of failure or cancellation.
includes only one of the fields error, response

The error result of the operation in case of failure or cancellation.
error.
code		 integer (int32)

Error code. An enum value of google.rpc.Code.
error.
message		 string

An error message.
error.
details[]		 object

A list of messages that carry the error details.
response object
includes only one of the fields error, response

The normal response of the operation in case of success. If the original method returns no data on success, such as Delete, the response is google.protobuf.Empty. If the original method is the standard Create/Update, the response should be the target resource of the operation. Any method that returns a long-running operation should document the response type, if any.
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