# KafkaAction
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Send messages to an Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) or self-managed Apache Kafka cluster.

## Contents
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 ** clientProperties **   <a name="iot-Type-KafkaAction-clientProperties"></a>
Properties of the Apache Kafka producer client.  
Type: String to string map  
Required: Yes

 ** destinationArn **   <a name="iot-Type-KafkaAction-destinationArn"></a>
The ARN of Kafka action's VPC `TopicRuleDestination`.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** topic **   <a name="iot-Type-KafkaAction-topic"></a>
The Kafka topic for messages to be sent to the Kafka broker.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** headers **   <a name="iot-Type-KafkaAction-headers"></a>
The list of Kafka headers that you specify.  
Type: Array of [KafkaActionHeader](API_KafkaActionHeader.md) objects  
Array Members: Minimum number of 1 item. Maximum number of 100 items.  
Required: No

 ** key **   <a name="iot-Type-KafkaAction-key"></a>
The Kafka message key.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** partition **   <a name="iot-Type-KafkaAction-partition"></a>
The Kafka message partition.  
Type: String  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/iot-2015-05-28/KafkaAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/iot-2015-05-28/KafkaAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/iot-2015-05-28/KafkaAction)