Kafka Connect - 3.5. Managing Connect with REST API (POST, GET, DELETE)

https://centralmesh.io Chapter 3: Installing and Running Kafka Connect In this section, we focus on managing Kafka Connect connectors through the REST API. The API provides cluster-wide operations for creating configurations, inspecting connector and task state, updating deployments, and removing connectors without restarting workers. You’ll learn: How POST requests create connectors from JSON configurations. How GET endpoints list connectors and report connector or task status. How configuration updates trigger task reconfiguration across the cluster. How DELETE removes a connector while preserving Kafka records. Why any distributed worker can handle REST API requests. By the end of this section, you’ll be able to: Deploy and inspect connectors through the Connect REST API. Interpret connector and task status responses. Update connector configurations safely. Remove connectors and understand the effect on cluster state.