# Apache Kafka Admin API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/kafka-admin/  
**Provider:** Scalable Software and Systems — https://apis.io/providers/scalable-software-and-systems/  
**Documentation:** https://kafka.apache.org/documentation/

Apache Kafka Admin API is one of 9 APIs that [Scalable Software and Systems](https://apis.io/providers/scalable-software-and-systems/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Event-Driven, Event Streaming, High Throughput, and Messaging. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Apache Kafka's Admin REST API enables creating and managing topics, partitions, consumer groups, and cluster configurations for high-throughput event streaming pipelines used in scalable, event-driven architectures.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://kafka.apache.org/documentation/
- **GitHub** — https://github.com/apache/kafka

## Other Scalable Software and Systems APIs (8)

- [Backstage Software Catalog API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/backstage/)
- [CloudEvents API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/cloudevents/)
- [NATS Management API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/nats/)
- [Dapr API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/dapr/)
- [OpenTelemetry API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/opentelemetry/)
- [Argo CD API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/argocd/)
- [Scalable Software and Systems Entities API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/scalable-software-and-systems-entities-api/)
- [Scalable Software and Systems Locations API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/scalable-software-and-systems-locations-api/)

## Tags

Event-Driven, Event Streaming, High Throughput, Messaging

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