Determine topic data structure

You can use pulsar-client to examine the structure of Apache Pulsar™ messages for a topic.

This can help you determine your field-to-column mapping.

To show Apache Pulsar messages:

bin/pulsar-client consume TOPIC_NAME -s "SUBSCRIPTION_NAME"

Replace the following:

  • TOPIC_NAME: Name of the Pulsar topic receiving the messages.

  • SUBSCRIPTION_NAME: Arbitrary name for the consumer subscription.

The response is the message data when a message is received. For example, the following response indicates a message with a key of My key and content of My content:

----- got message -----
key:[My key], properties:[], content:My content

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