java - kafka get partition count for a topic

Question

How can I get number of partitions for any kafka topic from the code. I have researched many links but none seem to work.

Mentioning a few:

http://grokbase.com/t/kafka/users/148132gdzk/find-topic-partition-count-through-simpleclient-api

http://grokbase.com/t/kafka/users/151cv3htga/get-replication-and-partition-count-of-a-topic

http://qnalist.com/questions/5809219/get-replication-and-partition-count-of-a-topic

which look like similar discussions.

Also there are similar links on SO which do not have a working solution to this.

Answer 1

Go to your kafka/bin directory.

Then run this:

./kafka-topics.sh --describe --zookeeper localhost:2181 --topic topic_name

You should see what you need under PartitionCount.

Topic:topic_name        PartitionCount:5        ReplicationFactor:1     Configs:
        Topic: topic_name       Partition: 0    Leader: 1001    Replicas: 1001  Isr: 1001
        Topic: topic_name       Partition: 1    Leader: 1001    Replicas: 1001  Isr: 1001
        Topic: topic_name       Partition: 2    Leader: 1001    Replicas: 1001  Isr: 1001
        Topic: topic_name       Partition: 3    Leader: 1001    Replicas: 1001  Isr: 1001
        Topic: topic_name       Partition: 4    Leader: 1001    Replicas: 1001  Isr: 1001

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When using a version where zookeeper is no longer a dependency of Kafka

kafka-topics --describe --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --topic topic_name