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Why use the Kafka REST API?

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The Kafka REST API is a convenient interface that can be used in the following situations:  

  • Where a developer wants to quickly get started using {{site.data.keyword.messagehub}}
  • In certain low throughout use cases where latency is not a critical factor
  • For debugging and fault finding

The Kafka REST API is not intended as a high throughput, low latency interface. For these types of requirement, we recommend using the Kafka API to connect to and from {{site.data.keyword.messagehub}}. For more information, see Using a Kafka client.