Kafka and TimescaleDB integration

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How to connect Kafka and TimescaleDB

Create a new workflow and add the first step

In n8n, click the "Add workflow" button in the Workflows tab to create a new workflow. Add the starting point – a trigger on when your workflow should run: an app event, a schedule, a webhook call, another workflow, an AI chat, or a manual trigger. Sometimes, the HTTP Request node might already serve as your starting point.

Build your own Kafka and TimescaleDB integration

Create custom Kafka and TimescaleDB workflows by choosing triggers and actions. Nodes come with global operations and settings, as well as app-specific parameters that can be configured. You can also use the HTTP Request node to query data from any app or service with a REST API.

TimescaleDB supported actions

Execute Query

Execute an SQL query

Insert

Insert rows in database

Update

Update rows in database

Kafka and TimescaleDB integration details

Kafka

Kafka is an open-source platform for distributed event streaming that may be used for mission-critical applications, high-performance data pipelines, streaming analytics, and data integration. The largest companies in the world, in different sectors, are using Kafka.

Kafka node docs + examples

Kafka credential docs

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Development

TimescaleDB

TimescaleDB is a great open-source database invented to make SQL scalable for time-series data. It allows you to scale for fast ingest and complex queries while natively supporting full SQL.

TimescaleDB node docs + examples

TimescaleDB credential docs

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Related categories

Data & Storage Development

Other integrations with Kafka

Other integrations with TimescaleDB

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