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Chapter 3. Enhancements

Streams for Apache Kafka 2.7 adds a number of enhancements.

3.1. Kafka 3.7.0 enhancements
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For an overview of the enhancements introduced with Kafka 3.7.0, refer to the Kafka 3.7.0 Release Notes.

3.2. Kafka Bridge text format
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When performing producer operations, POST requests must provide Content-Type headers specifying the embedded data format of the messages produced. Previously, JSON and binary were the supported formats for record and key values. It’s now possible to also use text format.

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Table 3.1. Supported content type formats
Embedded data formatContent-Type header

JSON

Content-Type: application/vnd.kafka.json.v2+json

Binary

Content-Type: application/vnd.kafka.binary.v2+json

Text

Content-Type: application/vnd.kafka.text.v2+json

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