Update README.md with install instructions

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David Arthur
2012-10-02 12:28:07 -04:00
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Install with your favorite package manager
Pip:
```shell
git clone https://github.com/mumrah/kafka-python
pip install kafka-python
```
Setuptools:
```shell
git clone https://github.com/mumrah/kafka-python
easy_install kafka-python
```
Using `setup.py` directly:
```shell
git clone https://github.com/mumrah/kafka-python
python setup.py install
```
# Tests
## Run the unit tests
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## Send several messages to a topic
Same as before, just add more arguments to `send_simple`
Same as before, just add more arguments to `send\_simple`
```python
kafka = KafkaClient("localhost", 9092)
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## Recieve some messages from a topic
Supply `get_message_set` with a `FetchRequest`, get back the messages and new `FetchRequest`
Supply `get\_message\_set` with a `FetchRequest`, get back the messages and new `FetchRequest`
```python
kafka = KafkaClient("localhost", 9092)
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## Send multiple messages to multiple topics
For this we use the `send_multi_message_set` method along with `ProduceRequest` objects.
For this we use the `send\_multi\_message\_set` method along with `ProduceRequest` objects.
```python
kafka = KafkaClient("localhost", 9092)
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## Iterate through all messages from an offset
The `iter_messages` method will make the underlying calls to `get_message_set`
The `iter\_messages` method will make the underlying calls to `get\_message\_set`
to provide a generator that returns every message available.
```python
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kafka.close()
```
This will only iterate through messages in the byte range of
(0, 1024\*1024)
This will only iterate through messages in the byte range of (0, 1024\*1024)

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url="https://github.com/mumrah/kafka-python",
packages=["kafka"],
license="Copyright 2012, David Arthur under Apache License, v2.0",
description="Pure Python client for Apache Kafka",
long_description=open("README.md").read(),
)