messagehub062.md

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lastupdated	2017-05-10

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What's required to use the Kafka API with Message Hub?

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The following requirements are needed to use the Kafka API with {{site.data.keyword.messagehub}}:

• Apache Kafka 0.10.2.1 client {:new_window}
• Javadoc for the API {:new_window}