Kafka Connect HeaderFrom SMT Usage Reference for Confluent Cloud

The following provides usage information for the Apache Kafka® SMT org.apache.kafka.connect.transforms.HeaderFrom.

Caution

HeaderFrom is not currently available for managed connectors.

Description

Moves or copies fields in a record key or value into the record’s header. Use the concrete transformation type designed for the record key (org.apache.kafka.connect.transforms.HeaderFrom$Key) or value (org.apache.kafka.connect.transforms.HeaderFrom$Value).

Example

This configuration snippet shows how to use HeaderFrom to move the fields id and ts in the record’s value into the record header. The transform removes the fields from the record value. If you want to keep the fields in the record value, use the operation copy instead of move.

"transforms": "moveFieldsToHeader",
"transforms.moveFieldsToHeader.type": "org.apache.kafka.connect.transforms.HeaderFrom$Value",
"transforms.moveFieldsToHeader.fields": "id,ts",
"transforms.moveFieldsToHeader.headers": "record_id,event_timestamp",
"transforms.moveFieldsToHeader.operation": "move"

Before:

• Record value

  {
      "id": 24,
      "ts": 1626102708861,
      "name": "John Smith",
      "book": "Kafka: The Definitive Guide"
  }
  

• Record header

  {
      "source": "RedditSource"
  }
  

After:

• Record value

  {
      "name": "John Smith",
      "book": "Kafka: The Definitive Guide"
  }
  

• Record header

  {
      "source": "RedditSource",
      "record_id": 24,
      "event_timestamp": 1626102708861,
  }
  

Properties

All properties are required.

Name	Description	Type	Default	Valid Values	Importance
fields	A comma-separated list of field names that the transform moves or copies to the record header.	list		non-empty list	high
headers	A comma-separated list of header names. The number of headers listed must be the same as the number of fields listed. The headers listed must be in the same order as the fields listed.	list		non-empty list	high
operation	The move operation moves fields into the record header and removes these fields from the record value. The copy operation adds the header entries but keeps the fields in the record value.	string		move, copy	high

Predicates

Transformations can be configured with predicates so that the transformation is applied only to records which satisfy a condition. You can use predicates in a transformation chain and, when combined with the Kafka Connect Filter (Kafka) SMT Usage Reference for Confluent Cloud, predicates can conditionally filter out specific records. For details and examples, see Predicates.