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Creating User or Client Quotas

Function

This API is used to submit a task to create user or client quotas for a Kafka instance. A job_id is returned if the task succeeds.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

POST /v2/kafka/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/kafka-user-client-quota

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

instance_id

Yes

String

Instance ID.

project_id

Yes

String

Project ID. For details, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

user

No

String

Username.

Either the username or the client ID must be specified if the quotas are not applied to all users or clients.

client

No

String

Client ID.

Either the username or the client ID must be specified if the quotas are not applied to all users or clients.

user_default

No

Boolean

Whether to use the default user settings.

  • Yes: Apply the quota to all users. In this case, the username cannot be set.

  • No: Apply the quota to specific users. In this case, set the username.

client_default

No

Boolean

Whether to use the default client settings.

  • Yes: Apply the quota to all clients. In this case, the client ID cannot be set.

  • No: Apply the quota to specific clients. In this case, set the client ID.

producer_byte_rate

No

Long

Production rate limit. The unit is byte/s.

consumer_byte_rate

No

Long

Consumption rate limit. The unit is byte/s.

NOTE:
Either the production rate limit or the consumption rate limit must be specified.

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 3 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

job_id

String

ID of the task for creating quotas.

Example Requests

Creating user or client quotas

POST https://{endpoint}/v2/kafka/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/kafka-user-client-quota

{
  "user" : "",
  "client" : "",
  "user_default" : false,
  "client_default" : true,
  "producer_byte_rate" : 3145728,
  "consumer_byte_rate" : 2097152
}

Example Responses

Status code: 200

User or client quotas created.

{
  "job_id" : "ff8080828bdc0f64018bdcadfd8f00d7"
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

User or client quotas created.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent Topic: User Management