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Sink Connector Post-processor Properties

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Overview

Use the following configuration settings to specify how the MongoDB Kafka sink connector should transform Kafka data before inserting it into MongoDB.

For a list of sink connector configuration settings organized by category, see the guide on Sink Connector Configuration Properties.

Settings

Name
Description

post.processor.chain

Type: list

Description:
A list of post-processor classes the connector should apply to process the data before saving it to MongoDB.

To learn more about post-processors and see examples of
their usage, see
Sink Connector Post Processors.

Default:
com.mongodb.kafka.connect.sink.processor.DocumentIdAdder
Accepted Values: A comma-separated list of fully qualified Java class names
field.renamer.mapping
Type: string

Description:
A list of field name mappings for key and value fields. Define the mappings in an inline JSON array in the following format:
[ { "oldName":"key.fieldA", "newName":"field1" }, { "oldName":"value.xyz", "newName":"abc" } ]
Default: []
Accepted Values: A valid JSON array
field.renamer.regexp
Type: string

Description:
A list of field name mappings for key and value fields using regular expressions. Define the mappings in an inline JSON array in the following format:
[ {"regexp":"^key\\\\..*my.*$", "pattern":"my", "replace":""}, {"regexp":"^value\\\\..*$", "pattern":"\\\\.", "replace":"_"} ]
Default: []
Accepted Values: A valid JSON array
key.projection.list
Type: string

Description:
A list of field names the connector should include in the key projection.

Default: ""
Accepted Values: A comma-separated list of field names
key.projection.type
Type: string

Description:
The key projection type the connector should use.

Default: none
Accepted Values: none, BlockList, or AllowList (Deprecated: blacklist, whitelist)
value.projection.list
Type: string

Description:
A list of field names the connector should include in the value projection.

Default: ""
Accepted Values: A comma-separated list of field names
value.projection.type
Type: string

Description:
The type of value projection the connector should use.

Default: none
Accepted Values: none, BlockList, or AllowList (Deprecated: blacklist, whitelist)
writemodel.strategy
Type: string

Description:
The class that specifies the WriteModelStrategy the connector should use for Bulk Writes.

To learn more about how to create your own strategy, see
Custom Write Model Strategies.

Default:
com.mongodb.kafka.connect.sink.writemodel.strategy.DefaultWriteModelStrategy
Accepted Values: A fully qualified Java class name

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