"""Generate Fake data for kafka.""" from time import sleep from json import dumps from kafka import KafkaProducer producer = KafkaProducer( bootstrap_servers=['kafka:9092'], value_serializer=lambda x: dumps(x).encode('utf-8') ) for j in range(9999): print("Iteration", j) data = {'counter': j} producer.send('topic_test', value=data) sleep(0.5)