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- - [ Introduction ](/docs/v1.13/introduction)
    - [ Requirements ](/docs/v1.13/requirements)
    - [ Installation and Setup ](/docs/v1.13/installation-and-setup)
    - [ Questions and issues ](/docs/v1.13/questions-and-issues)
    - [ Changelog ](/docs/v1.13/changelog)
    - [ Upgrade Guide ](/docs/v1.13/upgrade-guide)
- Producing messages
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    - [ Producing messages ](/docs/v1.13/producing-messages/producing-messages)
    - [ Configuring your kafka producer ](/docs/v1.13/producing-messages/configuring-producers)
    - [ Configuring message payload ](/docs/v1.13/producing-messages/configuring-message-payload)
    - [ Custom serializers ](/docs/v1.13/producing-messages/custom-serializers)
    - [ Publishing to kafka ](/docs/v1.13/producing-messages/publishing-to-kafka)
    - [ Producing message batch to kafka ](/docs/v1.13/producing-messages/producing-message-batch-to-kafka)
- Consuming messages
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    - [ Creating a kafka consumer ](/docs/v1.13/consuming-messages/creating-consumer)
    - [ Subscribing to kafka topics ](/docs/v1.13/consuming-messages/subscribing-to-kafka-topics)
    - [ Consumer groups ](/docs/v1.13/consuming-messages/consumer-groups)
    - [ Message handlers ](/docs/v1.13/consuming-messages/message-handlers)
    - [ Configuring consumer options ](/docs/v1.13/consuming-messages/configuring-consumer-options)
    - [ Custom deserializers ](/docs/v1.13/consuming-messages/custom-deserializers)
    - [ Consuming messages ](/docs/v1.13/consuming-messages/consuming-messages)
    - [ Handling message batch ](/docs/v1.13/consuming-messages/handling-message-batch)
    - [ Class structure ](/docs/v1.13/consuming-messages/class-structure)
- Advanced usage
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    - [ Replacing the default serializer/deserializer ](/docs/v1.13/advanced-usage/replacing-default-serializer)
    - [ Graceful shutdown ](/docs/v1.13/advanced-usage/graceful-shutdown)
    - [ SASL Authentication ](/docs/v1.13/advanced-usage/sasl-authentication)
    - [ Custom Committers ](/docs/v1.13/advanced-usage/custom-committers)
    - [ Middlewares ](/docs/v1.13/advanced-usage/middlewares)
    - [ Stop consumer after last messages ](/docs/v1.13/advanced-usage/stop-consumer-after-last-message)
    - [ Writing custom loggers ](/docs/v1.13/advanced-usage/custom-loggers)
    - [ Setting global configurations ](/docs/v1.13/advanced-usage/setting-global-configuration)
- Testing
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    - [ Kafka fake ](/docs/v1.13/testing/fake)
    - [ Assert Published ](/docs/v1.13/testing/assert-published)
    - [ Assert published On ](/docs/v1.13/testing/assert-published-on)
    - [ Assert nothing published ](/docs/v1.13/testing/assert-nothing-published)
    - [ Assert published times ](/docs/v1.13/testing/assert-published-times)
    - [ Assert published on times ](/docs/v1.13/testing/assert-published-on-times)
    - [ Mocking your kafka consumer ](/docs/v1.13/testing/mocking-your-kafka-consumer)

  Creating a kafka consumer 
===========================

If your application needs to read messages from a Kafka topic, you must create a consumer object, subscribe to the appropriate topic and start receiving messages.

To create a consumer using this package you can use the `createConsumer` method, on Kafka facade:

         ```
use Junges\Kafka\Facades\Kafka;

$consumer = Kafka::createConsumer();
```

This method also allows you to specify the `topics` it should consume, the `broker` and the consumer `group id`:

         ```
use Junges\Kafka\Facades\Kafka;

$consumer = Kafka::createConsumer(['topic-1', 'topic-2'], 'group-id', 'broker');
```

This method returns a `Junges\Kafka\Consumers\ConsumerBuilder::class` instance, and you can use it to configure your consumer.

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