OpenMetadata/openmetadata-docs/content/v1.9.x-SNAPSHOT/main-concepts/metadata-standard/schemas/api/data/createTopic.md

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createTopic	/main-concepts/metadata-standard/schemas/api/data/createtopic

CreateTopicRequest

Create a topic entity request

Properties

• name: Name that identifies this topic instance uniquely. Refer to ../../type/basic.json#/definitions/entityName.
• displayName (string): Display Name that identifies this topic.
• description: Description of the topic instance. What it has and how to use it. Refer to ../../type/basic.json#/definitions/markdown.
• service: Fully qualified name of the messaging service where this topic is hosted in. Refer to ../../type/basic.json#/definitions/fullyQualifiedEntityName.
• messageSchema: Refer to ../../type/schema.json.
• partitions (integer): Number of partitions into which the topic is divided. Minimum: 1.
• cleanupPolicies (array): Topic clean up policy. For Kafka - cleanup.policy configuration.
  • Items: Refer to ../../entity/data/topic.json#/definitions/cleanupPolicy.
• replicationFactor (integer): Replication Factor in integer (more than 1).
• retentionTime (number): Retention time in milliseconds. For Kafka - retention.ms configuration.
• maximumMessageSize (integer): Maximum message size in bytes. For Kafka - max.message.bytes configuration.
• minimumInSyncReplicas (integer): Minimum number replicas in sync to control durability. For Kafka - min.insync.replicas configuration.
• retentionSize (number): Maximum size of a partition in bytes before old data is discarded. For Kafka - retention.bytes configuration. Default: "-1".
• topicConfig: Contains key/value pair of topic configuration. Refer to ../../entity/data/topic.json#/definitions/topicConfig.
• owners: Owners of this topic. Refer to ../../type/entityReferenceList.json. Default: null.
• tags (array): Tags for this topic. Default: null.
  • Items: Refer to ../../type/tagLabel.json.
• extension: Entity extension data with custom attributes added to the entity. Refer to ../../type/basic.json#/definitions/entityExtension.
• sourceUrl: Source URL of topic. Refer to ../../type/basic.json#/definitions/sourceUrl.
• domain (string): Fully qualified name of the domain the Topic belongs to. Refer to ../../type/basic.json#/definitions/fullyQualifiedEntityName.
• dataProducts (array): List of fully qualified names of data products this entity is part of.
  • Items: Refer to ../../type/basic.json#/definitions/fullyQualifiedEntityName.
• lifeCycle: Life Cycle of the entity. Refer to ../../type/lifeCycle.json.
• sourceHash (string): Source hash of the entity.

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