问题
I do not know the advantages of the Kafka REST Proxy API. It's a REST API, so I know it's handy for administration. Why do people use the Kafka REST Proxy API? Is it burdensome to add a Maven dependency on a producer or a consumer?
Also, I know that the kafka client has better performance.
回答1:
You wouldn't use it for performance
Administration - You can make a single ACL for only REST Proxy communications
Integrate with non-JVM languages that have no Kafka libraries. For example, client side Javascript
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51081363/what-are-the-benefits-of-the-kafka-rest-proxy-api