# Apache Kafka REST Proxy API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/scalable-architecture/apache-kafka-rest-proxy-api/  
**Provider:** Scalable Architecture — https://apis.io/providers/scalable-architecture/

Apache Kafka REST Proxy API is one of 8 APIs that [Scalable Architecture](https://apis.io/providers/scalable-architecture/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Apache Kafka, Event Streaming, Event-Driven, Message Broker, and Microservices. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an OpenAPI specification, and a getting-started guide.

The Confluent REST Proxy provides a RESTful interface to an Apache Kafka cluster, making it easy to produce and consume messages, view the state of the cluster, and perform administrative actions without using the native Kafka protocol. Central to event-driven scalable architectures.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/kafka-rest/api.html
- **GitHub** — https://github.com/confluentinc/kafka-rest
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/confluentinc/kafka-rest/master/api/v3/openapi.yaml
- **GettingStarted** — https://kafka.apache.org/quickstart

## Other Scalable Architecture APIs (7)

- [Istio Service Mesh API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-architecture/istio-service-mesh-api/)
- [Linkerd API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-architecture/linkerd-api/)
- [Envoy Proxy Admin API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-architecture/envoy-proxy-admin-api/)
- [Redis REST API (Redis Stack)](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-architecture/redis-rest-api-redis-stack/)
- [RabbitMQ Management HTTP API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-architecture/rabbitmq-management-http-api/)
- [Kubernetes API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-architecture/kubernetes-api/)
- [Argo Workflows API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-architecture/argo-workflows-api/)

## Tags

Apache Kafka, Event Streaming, Event-Driven, Message Broker, Microservices, Pub-Sub

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