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Sink Connector Id Strategy Properties

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Use the following configuration settings to specify how the MongoDB Kafka sink connector should determine the _id value for each document it writes to MongoDB.

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

Name
Description
document.id.strategy
Type: string

Description:
The class the connector should use to generate a unique _id field.

Default:
com.mongodb.kafka.connect.sink.processor.id.strategy.BsonOidStrategy
Accepted Values: An empty string or a fully qualified Java class name
document.id.strategy.overwrite.existing
Type: boolean

Description:
Whether the connector should overwrite existing values in the _id field when it applies the strategy defined by the document.id.strategy property.

Default: false
Accepted Values: true or false
document.id.strategy.uuid.format
Type: string

Description:
Whether the connector should output the UUID in the _id field in string format or in BsonBinary format.

Default: string
Accepted Values: string or binary
delete.on.null.values
Type: boolean

Description:
Whether the connector should delete documents when the key value matches a document in MongoDB and the value field is null.

This setting applies when you specify an id generation strategy that operates on the key document such as FullKeyStrategy, PartialKeyStrategy, and ProvidedInKeyStrategy.

Default: false
Accepted Values: true or false

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