Managed Service for Apache Kafka® API, gRPC: TopicService.Create

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Updated at November 26, 2024

gRPC request
CreateTopicRequest
TopicSpec
TopicConfig2_8
TopicConfig3
operation.Operation
CreateTopicMetadata
Topic
TopicConfig2_8
TopicConfig3

Creates a new Kafka topic in the specified cluster.

gRPC request

rpc Create (CreateTopicRequest) returns (operation.Operation)

CreateTopicRequest

{
  "cluster_id": "string",
  "topic_spec": {
    "name": "string",
    "partitions": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
    "replication_factor": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
    // Includes only one of the fields `topic_config_2_8`, `topic_config_3`
    "topic_config_2_8": {
      "cleanup_policy": "CleanupPolicy",
      "compression_type": "CompressionType",
      "delete_retention_ms": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "file_delete_delay_ms": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "flush_messages": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "flush_ms": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "min_compaction_lag_ms": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "retention_bytes": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "retention_ms": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "max_message_bytes": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "min_insync_replicas": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "segment_bytes": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "preallocate": "google.protobuf.BoolValue"
    },
    "topic_config_3": {
      "cleanup_policy": "CleanupPolicy",
      "compression_type": "CompressionType",
      "delete_retention_ms": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "file_delete_delay_ms": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "flush_messages": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "flush_ms": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "min_compaction_lag_ms": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "retention_bytes": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "retention_ms": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "max_message_bytes": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "min_insync_replicas": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "segment_bytes": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "preallocate": "google.protobuf.BoolValue"
    }
    // end of the list of possible fields
  }
}

Field

Description

cluster_id

string

Required field. ID of the Apache Kafka® cluster to create a topic in.

To get the cluster ID, make a ClusterService.List request.

topic_spec

TopicSpec

Required field. Configuration of the topic to create.

TopicSpec

Field	Description
name	string Name of the topic.
partitions	google.protobuf.Int64Value The number of the topic's partitions.
replication_factor	google.protobuf.Int64Value Amount of copies of a topic data kept in the cluster.
topic_config_2_8	TopicConfig2_8 Includes only one of the fields `topic_config_2_8`, `topic_config_3`. User-defined settings for the topic.
topic_config_3	TopicConfig3 Includes only one of the fields `topic_config_2_8`, `topic_config_3`. User-defined settings for the topic.

TopicConfig2_8

A topic settings for 2.8

Field	Description
cleanup_policy	enum CleanupPolicy Retention policy to use on old log messages. `CLEANUP_POLICY_UNSPECIFIED` `CLEANUP_POLICY_DELETE`: This policy discards log segments when either their retention time or log size limit is reached. See also: KafkaConfig2_8.log_retention_ms 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.
compression_type	enum CompressionType The compression type for a given topic. `COMPRESSION_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED` `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).
delete_retention_ms	google.protobuf.Int64Value The amount of time in milliseconds to retain delete tombstone markers for log compacted topics.
file_delete_delay_ms	google.protobuf.Int64Value The time to wait before deleting a file from the filesystem.
flush_messages	google.protobuf.Int64Value The number of messages accumulated on a log partition before messages are flushed to disk. This setting overrides the cluster-level KafkaConfig2_8.log_flush_interval_messages setting on the topic level.
flush_ms	google.protobuf.Int64Value 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 KafkaConfig2_8.log_flush_interval_ms setting on the topic level.
min_compaction_lag_ms	google.protobuf.Int64Value The minimum time in milliseconds a message will remain uncompacted in the log.
retention_bytes	google.protobuf.Int64Value The maximum size a partition can grow to before Kafka will discard old log segments to free up space if the `delete` `cleanup_policy` 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 KafkaConfig2_8.log_retention_bytes setting on the topic level.
retention_ms	google.protobuf.Int64Value The number of milliseconds to keep a log segment's file before deleting it. This setting overrides the cluster-level KafkaConfig2_8.log_retention_ms setting on the topic level.
max_message_bytes	google.protobuf.Int64Value The largest record batch size allowed in topic.
min_insync_replicas	google.protobuf.Int64Value 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").
segment_bytes	google.protobuf.Int64Value 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 KafkaConfig2_8.log_segment_bytes setting on the topic level.
preallocate	google.protobuf.BoolValue True if we should preallocate the file on disk when creating a new log segment. This setting overrides the cluster-level KafkaConfig2_8.log_preallocate setting on the topic level.

TopicConfig3

A topic settings for 3.x

Field	Description
cleanup_policy	enum CleanupPolicy Retention policy to use on old log messages. `CLEANUP_POLICY_UNSPECIFIED` `CLEANUP_POLICY_DELETE`: This policy discards log segments when either their retention time or log size limit is reached. See also: KafkaConfig3.log_retention_ms 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.
compression_type	enum CompressionType The compression type for a given topic. `COMPRESSION_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED` `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).
delete_retention_ms	google.protobuf.Int64Value The amount of time in milliseconds to retain delete tombstone markers for log compacted topics.
file_delete_delay_ms	google.protobuf.Int64Value The time to wait before deleting a file from the filesystem.
flush_messages	google.protobuf.Int64Value The number of messages accumulated on a log partition before messages are flushed to disk. This setting overrides the cluster-level KafkaConfig3.log_flush_interval_messages setting on the topic level.
flush_ms	google.protobuf.Int64Value 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 KafkaConfig3.log_flush_interval_ms setting on the topic level.
min_compaction_lag_ms	google.protobuf.Int64Value The minimum time in milliseconds a message will remain uncompacted in the log.
retention_bytes	google.protobuf.Int64Value The maximum size a partition can grow to before Kafka will discard old log segments to free up space if the `delete` `cleanup_policy` 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 KafkaConfig3.log_retention_bytes setting on the topic level.
retention_ms	google.protobuf.Int64Value The number of milliseconds to keep a log segment's file before deleting it. This setting overrides the cluster-level KafkaConfig3.log_retention_ms setting on the topic level.
max_message_bytes	google.protobuf.Int64Value The largest record batch size allowed in topic.
min_insync_replicas	google.protobuf.Int64Value 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").
segment_bytes	google.protobuf.Int64Value 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 KafkaConfig3.log_segment_bytes setting on the topic level.
preallocate	google.protobuf.BoolValue True if we should preallocate the file on disk when creating a new log segment. This setting overrides the cluster-level KafkaConfig3.log_preallocate setting on the topic level.

operation.Operation

{
  "id": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "created_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
  "created_by": "string",
  "modified_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
  "done": "bool",
  "metadata": {
    "cluster_id": "string",
    "topic_name": "string"
  },
  // Includes only one of the fields `error`, `response`
  "error": "google.rpc.Status",
  "response": {
    "name": "string",
    "cluster_id": "string",
    "partitions": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
    "replication_factor": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
    // Includes only one of the fields `topic_config_2_8`, `topic_config_3`
    "topic_config_2_8": {
      "cleanup_policy": "CleanupPolicy",
      "compression_type": "CompressionType",
      "delete_retention_ms": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "file_delete_delay_ms": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "flush_messages": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "flush_ms": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "min_compaction_lag_ms": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "retention_bytes": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "retention_ms": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "max_message_bytes": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "min_insync_replicas": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "segment_bytes": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "preallocate": "google.protobuf.BoolValue"
    },
    "topic_config_3": {
      "cleanup_policy": "CleanupPolicy",
      "compression_type": "CompressionType",
      "delete_retention_ms": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "file_delete_delay_ms": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "flush_messages": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "flush_ms": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "min_compaction_lag_ms": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "retention_bytes": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "retention_ms": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "max_message_bytes": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "min_insync_replicas": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "segment_bytes": "google.protobuf.Int64Value",
      "preallocate": "google.protobuf.BoolValue"
    }
    // end of the list of possible fields
  }
  // 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.
created_at	google.protobuf.Timestamp Creation timestamp.
created_by	string ID of the user or service account who initiated the operation.
modified_at	google.protobuf.Timestamp The time when the Operation resource was last modified.
done	bool 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	CreateTopicMetadata 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	google.rpc.Status The error result of the operation in case of failure or cancellation. Includes only one of the fields `error`, `response`. The operation result. If `done == false` and there was no failure detected, neither `error` nor `response` is set. If `done == false` and there was a failure detected, `error` is set. If `done == true`, exactly one of `error` or `response` is set.
response	Topic 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. Includes only one of the fields `error`, `response`. The operation result. If `done == false` and there was no failure detected, neither `error` nor `response` is set. If `done == false` and there was a failure detected, `error` is set. If `done == true`, exactly one of `error` or `response` is set.

CreateTopicMetadata

Field

Description

cluster_id

string

ID of the Apache Kafka® cluster where a topic is being created.

topic_name

string

Required field. Name of the Kafka topic that is being created.

Topic

An Kafka topic.
For more information, see the Concepts -> Topics and partitions section of the documentation.

Field	Description
name	string Name of the topic.
cluster_id	string ID of an Apache Kafka® cluster that the topic belongs to. To get the Apache Kafka® cluster ID, make a ClusterService.List request.
partitions	google.protobuf.Int64Value The number of the topic's partitions.
replication_factor	google.protobuf.Int64Value Amount of data copies (replicas) for the topic in the cluster.
topic_config_2_8	TopicConfig2_8 Includes only one of the fields `topic_config_2_8`, `topic_config_3`. User-defined settings for the topic.
topic_config_3	TopicConfig3 Includes only one of the fields `topic_config_2_8`, `topic_config_3`. User-defined settings for the topic.

TopicConfig2_8

A topic settings for 2.8

Field	Description
cleanup_policy	enum CleanupPolicy Retention policy to use on old log messages. `CLEANUP_POLICY_UNSPECIFIED` `CLEANUP_POLICY_DELETE`: This policy discards log segments when either their retention time or log size limit is reached. See also: KafkaConfig2_8.log_retention_ms 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.
compression_type	enum CompressionType The compression type for a given topic. `COMPRESSION_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED` `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).
delete_retention_ms	google.protobuf.Int64Value The amount of time in milliseconds to retain delete tombstone markers for log compacted topics.
file_delete_delay_ms	google.protobuf.Int64Value The time to wait before deleting a file from the filesystem.
flush_messages	google.protobuf.Int64Value The number of messages accumulated on a log partition before messages are flushed to disk. This setting overrides the cluster-level KafkaConfig2_8.log_flush_interval_messages setting on the topic level.
flush_ms	google.protobuf.Int64Value 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 KafkaConfig2_8.log_flush_interval_ms setting on the topic level.
min_compaction_lag_ms	google.protobuf.Int64Value The minimum time in milliseconds a message will remain uncompacted in the log.
retention_bytes	google.protobuf.Int64Value The maximum size a partition can grow to before Kafka will discard old log segments to free up space if the `delete` `cleanup_policy` 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 KafkaConfig2_8.log_retention_bytes setting on the topic level.
retention_ms	google.protobuf.Int64Value The number of milliseconds to keep a log segment's file before deleting it. This setting overrides the cluster-level KafkaConfig2_8.log_retention_ms setting on the topic level.
max_message_bytes	google.protobuf.Int64Value The largest record batch size allowed in topic.
min_insync_replicas	google.protobuf.Int64Value 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").
segment_bytes	google.protobuf.Int64Value 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 KafkaConfig2_8.log_segment_bytes setting on the topic level.
preallocate	google.protobuf.BoolValue True if we should preallocate the file on disk when creating a new log segment. This setting overrides the cluster-level KafkaConfig2_8.log_preallocate setting on the topic level.

TopicConfig3

A topic settings for 3.x

Field	Description
cleanup_policy	enum CleanupPolicy Retention policy to use on old log messages. `CLEANUP_POLICY_UNSPECIFIED` `CLEANUP_POLICY_DELETE`: This policy discards log segments when either their retention time or log size limit is reached. See also: KafkaConfig3.log_retention_ms 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.
compression_type	enum CompressionType The compression type for a given topic. `COMPRESSION_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED` `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).
delete_retention_ms	google.protobuf.Int64Value The amount of time in milliseconds to retain delete tombstone markers for log compacted topics.
file_delete_delay_ms	google.protobuf.Int64Value The time to wait before deleting a file from the filesystem.
flush_messages	google.protobuf.Int64Value The number of messages accumulated on a log partition before messages are flushed to disk. This setting overrides the cluster-level KafkaConfig3.log_flush_interval_messages setting on the topic level.
flush_ms	google.protobuf.Int64Value 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 KafkaConfig3.log_flush_interval_ms setting on the topic level.
min_compaction_lag_ms	google.protobuf.Int64Value The minimum time in milliseconds a message will remain uncompacted in the log.
retention_bytes	google.protobuf.Int64Value The maximum size a partition can grow to before Kafka will discard old log segments to free up space if the `delete` `cleanup_policy` 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 KafkaConfig3.log_retention_bytes setting on the topic level.
retention_ms	google.protobuf.Int64Value The number of milliseconds to keep a log segment's file before deleting it. This setting overrides the cluster-level KafkaConfig3.log_retention_ms setting on the topic level.
max_message_bytes	google.protobuf.Int64Value The largest record batch size allowed in topic.
min_insync_replicas	google.protobuf.Int64Value 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").
segment_bytes	google.protobuf.Int64Value 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 KafkaConfig3.log_segment_bytes setting on the topic level.
preallocate	google.protobuf.BoolValue True if we should preallocate the file on disk when creating a new log segment. This setting overrides the cluster-level KafkaConfig3.log_preallocate setting on the topic level.

Managed Service for Apache Kafka® API, gRPC: TopicService.Create

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CreateTopicRequestCreateTopicRequest

TopicSpecTopicSpec

TopicConfig2_8TopicConfig2_8

TopicConfig3TopicConfig3

operation.Operationoperation.Operation

CreateTopicMetadataCreateTopicMetadata

TopicTopic

TopicConfig2_8TopicConfig2_8

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