--- a/src/KafkaCommand.cpp	Sun Apr 24 22:21:02 2022 +0200
+++ b/src/KafkaCommand.cpp	Wed Apr 27 01:47:35 2022 +0200
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 #include <locale>
 #include <algorithm>
 
+#include <librdkafka/rdkafkacpp.h>
+
 #include <relpipe/writer/RelationalWriter.h>
 #include <relpipe/writer/RelpipeWriterException.h>
 #include <relpipe/writer/AttributeMetadata.h>
@@ -26,6 +28,8 @@
 #include <relpipe/writer/TypeId.h>
 
 #include <relpipe/cli/CLI.h>
+#include <condition_variable>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "KafkaCommand.h"
 #include "Hex.h"
@@ -38,22 +42,76 @@
 namespace in {
 namespace kafka {
 
+static void check(RdKafka::Conf::ConfResult result, const std::string& errString) {
+	if (result != RdKafka::Conf::CONF_OK) {
+		throw std::logic_error("Unable to configure Kafka: " + errString);
+	}
+}
+
+static void check(RdKafka::ErrorCode result, const std::string& errString) {
+	if (result != RdKafka::ERR_NO_ERROR) {
+		throw std::logic_error("Kafka error: " + errString);
+	}
+}
+
+static void check(std::shared_ptr<RdKafka::KafkaConsumer> kafkaConsumer, const std::string& errString) {
+	if (kafkaConsumer.get() == nullptr) {
+		throw std::logic_error("Unable to create Kafka consumer: " + errString);
+	}
+}
+
 void KafkaCommand::process(std::shared_ptr<writer::RelationalWriter> writer, Configuration& configuration) {
 	vector<AttributeMetadata> metadata;
 
+	std::string errString;
+	std::shared_ptr<RdKafka::Conf> consumerConf(RdKafka::Conf::create(RdKafka::Conf::ConfType::CONF_GLOBAL));
+
+	// TODO: configurable groupId, clientId and other parameters
+	std::string groupId = "relpipe-in-kafka-group-" + std::to_string(getpid());
+	std::string clientId = "relpipe-in-kafka-client-" + std::to_string(getpid());
+
+	check(consumerConf->set("client.id", clientId, errString), errString);
+	check(consumerConf->set("group.id", groupId, errString), errString);
+	check(consumerConf->set("bootstrap.servers", "plaintext://127.0.0.1:9092", errString), errString);
+	//check(consumerConf->set("auto.offset.reset", "earliest", errString), errString);
+	//check(consumerConf->set("debug", "all", errString), errString);
+
+	std::shared_ptr<RdKafka::KafkaConsumer> kafkaConsumer(RdKafka::KafkaConsumer::create(consumerConf.get(), errString));
+	check(kafkaConsumer, errString);
+
+	check(kafkaConsumer->subscribe({"relpipe"}), errString);
+
+
 	writer->startRelation(configuration.relation,{
 		{L"queue", TypeId::STRING},
 		{L"text", TypeId::STRING},
 		{L"data", TypeId::STRING}
 	}, true);
 
-	for (int i = configuration.messageCount; i > 0; i--) {
-		std::string message = "TODO: read message from Kafka";
-		writer->writeAttribute(configuration.queue);
-		writer->writeAttribute(Hex::toTxt(message));
-		writer->writeAttribute(Hex::toHex(message));
+	for (int i = configuration.messageCount; continueProcessing && i > 0;) {
+		shared_ptr<RdKafka::Message> message(kafkaConsumer->consume(100));
+		if (message.get() && message->err() == 0) {
+			std::string payload = message->payload() ? std::string((const char*) message->payload(), message->len()) : std::string("");
+			writer->writeAttribute(convertor.from_bytes(message->topic_name()));
+			writer->writeAttribute(Hex::toTxt(payload));
+			writer->writeAttribute(Hex::toHex(payload));
+			i--;
+		} else if (message->err() == RdKafka::ErrorCode::ERR__TIMED_OUT) {
+			// timeout → try again
+		} else if (message->err() == RdKafka::ErrorCode::ERR__PARTITION_EOF) {
+			// reached the end of the topic/partition → try again
+		} else {
+			std::string m = "error while reading message: " + (message.get() ? message->errstr() : "message is missing");
+			writer->writeAttribute(configuration.queue);
+			writer->writeAttribute(Hex::toTxt(m));
+			writer->writeAttribute(Hex::toHex(m));
+			break;
+		}
 	}
 
+	// TODO: wrap and close even on exception
+	check(kafkaConsumer->close(), errString);
+
 }
 
 KafkaCommand::~KafkaCommand() {