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rpk generate app

Generate application code to connect to Redpanda. Creates starter code for various programming languages.

If you are having trouble connecting to your cluster, you can use the common -X admin.hosts=<host:ports> flag to pass a specific Admin API address.

Usage

rpk generate app [flags]

Supported languages

The following programming languages are supported:

  • Python

  • Go

  • Java

  • JavaScript/Node.js

  • Rust

Flags

Value Type Description

-l, --language

string

The language for the generated code sample (go, python, java, js, rust).

--new-sasl-credentials

string

If provided, rpk will generate and use these credentials (<user>:<password>).

--no-user

bool

Generates the sample app without SASL user.

-o, --output

string

The path where the app will be written.

Global flags

Value Type Description

--config

string

Redpanda or rpk config file; default search paths are ~/.config/rpk/rpk.yaml, $PWD/redpanda.yaml, and /etc/redpanda/redpanda.yaml.

-X, --config-opt

stringArray

Override rpk configuration settings; -X help for detail or -X list for terser detail.

--ignore-profile

bool

Ignore rpk.yaml and redpanda.yaml; use default settings.

--profile

string

rpk profile to use.

-v, --verbose

bool

Enable verbose logging.