# CatalogKafkaSource
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Specifies an Apache Kafka data store in the Data Catalog.

## Contents
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 ** Database **   <a name="Glue-Type-CatalogKafkaSource-Database"></a>
The name of the database to read from.  
Type: String  
Pattern: `([\u0009\u000B\u000C\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF])*`   
Required: Yes

 ** Name **   <a name="Glue-Type-CatalogKafkaSource-Name"></a>
The name of the data store.  
Type: String  
Pattern: `([^\r\n])*`   
Required: Yes

 ** Table **   <a name="Glue-Type-CatalogKafkaSource-Table"></a>
The name of the table in the database to read from.  
Type: String  
Pattern: `([\u0009\u000B\u000C\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF])*`   
Required: Yes

 ** DataPreviewOptions **   <a name="Glue-Type-CatalogKafkaSource-DataPreviewOptions"></a>
Specifies options related to data preview for viewing a sample of your data.  
Type: [StreamingDataPreviewOptions](API_StreamingDataPreviewOptions.md) object  
Required: No

 ** DetectSchema **   <a name="Glue-Type-CatalogKafkaSource-DetectSchema"></a>
Whether to automatically determine the schema from the incoming data.  
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

 ** StreamingOptions **   <a name="Glue-Type-CatalogKafkaSource-StreamingOptions"></a>
Specifies the streaming options.  
Type: [KafkaStreamingSourceOptions](API_KafkaStreamingSourceOptions.md) object  
Required: No

 ** WindowSize **   <a name="Glue-Type-CatalogKafkaSource-WindowSize"></a>
The amount of time to spend processing each micro batch.  
Type: Integer  
Valid Range: Minimum value of 0.  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/glue-2017-03-31/CatalogKafkaSource) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/glue-2017-03-31/CatalogKafkaSource) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/glue-2017-03-31/CatalogKafkaSource)