chamikaramj commented on a change in pull request #12188:
URL: https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/12188#discussion_r452546221



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+<!--
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+    "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+    with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+    software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+    KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+    specific language governing permissions and limitations
+    under the License.
+-->
+
+# Python KafkaIO Example
+
+This example reads from the PubSub NYC Taxi stream described
+[here](https://github.com/googlecodelabs/cloud-dataflow-nyc-taxi-tycoon), 
writes
+to a given Kafka topic and reads back from the same Kafka topic. This example
+uses cross-language transforms available in
+[kafka.py](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/kafka.py).
+Transforms are implemented in Java and are available
+[here](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/KafkaIO.java).
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+Install Java in your system and make sure that `java` command is available in 
+the environment.
+
+```sh
+>java --version
+> <Should print information regarding the installed Java version>
+```

Review comment:
       No (also Beam comes with a Gradle script when cloning).

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+<!--
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+    "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+    with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+    software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+    KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+    specific language governing permissions and limitations
+    under the License.
+-->
+
+# Python KafkaIO Example
+
+This example reads from the PubSub NYC Taxi stream described
+[here](https://github.com/googlecodelabs/cloud-dataflow-nyc-taxi-tycoon), 
writes
+to a given Kafka topic and reads back from the same Kafka topic. This example
+uses cross-language transforms available in
+[kafka.py](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/kafka.py).
+Transforms are implemented in Java and are available
+[here](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/KafkaIO.java).
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+Install Java in your system and make sure that `java` command is available in 

Review comment:
       Added the same link as Beam quick-start and updated text.

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+<!--
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+    "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+    with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+    software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+    KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+    specific language governing permissions and limitations
+    under the License.
+-->
+
+# Python KafkaIO Example
+
+This example reads from the PubSub NYC Taxi stream described
+[here](https://github.com/googlecodelabs/cloud-dataflow-nyc-taxi-tycoon), 
writes
+to a given Kafka topic and reads back from the same Kafka topic. This example
+uses cross-language transforms available in
+[kafka.py](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/kafka.py).
+Transforms are implemented in Java and are available
+[here](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/KafkaIO.java).
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+Install Java in your system and make sure that `java` command is available in 
+the environment.
+
+```sh
+>java --version

Review comment:
       Done.

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+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+"""An example that writes to and reads from Kafka.
+
+ This example reads from the PubSub NYC Taxi stream described in
+ https://github.com/googlecodelabs/cloud-dataflow-nyc-taxi-tycoon, writes to a
+ given Kafka topic and reads back from the same Kafka topic.
+ """
+
+# pytype: skip-file
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import argparse
+import logging
+import typing
+
+import apache_beam as beam
+from apache_beam.io.kafka import ReadFromKafka
+from apache_beam.io.kafka import WriteToKafka
+from apache_beam.options.pipeline_options import PipelineOptions
+from apache_beam.options.pipeline_options import SetupOptions
+from apache_beam.options.pipeline_options import StandardOptions
+
+
+def run(argv=None):
+  """Main entry point; defines and runs the wordcount pipeline."""
+  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+  parser.add_argument(
+      '--bootstrap_servers',
+      dest='bootstrap_servers',
+      required=True,
+      help='Bootstrap servers for the Kafka cluster. Should be accessible by '
+      'the runner')
+  parser.add_argument(
+      '--topic',
+      dest='topic',
+      default='kafka_taxirides_realtime',
+      help='Kafka topic to write to and read from')
+  known_args, pipeline_args = parser.parse_known_args(argv)
+
+  pipeline_options = PipelineOptions(pipeline_args)
+  pipeline_options.view_as(SetupOptions).save_main_session = True
+  pipeline_options.view_as(StandardOptions).streaming = True
+
+  pipeline = beam.Pipeline(options=pipeline_options)
+  bootstrap_servers = known_args.bootstrap_servers
+  _ = (
+      pipeline
+      | beam.io.ReadFromPubSub(
+          topic='projects/pubsub-public-data/topics/taxirides-realtime').
+      with_output_types(bytes)
+      | beam.Map(lambda x: (b'', x)).with_output_types(

Review comment:
       It's required by the Kafka write transform added a comment.

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+<!--
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+    "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+    with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+    software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+    KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+    specific language governing permissions and limitations
+    under the License.
+-->
+
+# Python KafkaIO Example
+
+This example reads from the PubSub NYC Taxi stream described
+[here](https://github.com/googlecodelabs/cloud-dataflow-nyc-taxi-tycoon), 
writes
+to a given Kafka topic and reads back from the same Kafka topic. This example
+uses cross-language transforms available in
+[kafka.py](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/kafka.py).
+Transforms are implemented in Java and are available
+[here](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/KafkaIO.java).
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+Install Java in your system and make sure that `java` command is available in 
+the environment.
+
+```sh
+>java --version
+> <Should print information regarding the installed Java version>
+```
+
+## Setup the Kafka cluster
+
+This example requires users to setup a Kafka cluster that the Beam runner
+executing the pipeline has access to. There are few options.
+
+* For local runners that execute the pipelines in a single computer (for 
+example, portable DirectRunner or Spark/Flink runners in local mode), you can 
+setup a local Kafka cluster running in the same computer.
+* For Dataflow or portable Spark/Flink in distributed mode, you can setup a 
Kafka 
+cluster in GCE. See 
+[here](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/java-docs-samples/tree/master/dataflow/flex-templates/kafka_to_bigquery)
 
+for step by step instructions for this.
+
+Let's assume that that IP address of the node running the Kafka cluster to be 
+`KAFKA_ADDRESS` and the port to be `9092`.
+
+```sh
+> export BOOTSTRAP_SERVER=KAFKA_ADDRESS:9092
+```
+
+## Running the example on latest released Beam version
+
+Perform Beam runner specific setup. Note that cross-language transforms 
require 
+portable implementations of Spark/Flink/Direct runners. Dataflow requires
+(runner 
V2)[https://cloud.google.com/dataflow/docs/guides/deploying-a-pipeline#dataflow-runner-v2]
+and Beam 2.22.0 or later. See
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/documentation/runners/dataflow/) for 
+instructions for setting up Dataflow.
+
+Setup a virtual environment for running Beam Python programs. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/get-started/quickstart-py/) for prerequisites. 
+Dataflow requires the `gcp` tag. Assuming your work directory to be
+`/path/to/work`.
+
+```sh
+> export WORK_DIRECTORY=/path/to/work
+> cd $WORK_DIRECTORY
+> mkdir kafka_env
+> virtualenv kafka_env

Review comment:
       Done. Though I noticed that we mention virtualenv both in Beam 
contribution guide and Python quickstart.

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+<!--
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+    "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+    with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+    software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+    KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+    specific language governing permissions and limitations
+    under the License.
+-->
+
+# Python KafkaIO Example
+
+This example reads from the PubSub NYC Taxi stream described
+[here](https://github.com/googlecodelabs/cloud-dataflow-nyc-taxi-tycoon), 
writes
+to a given Kafka topic and reads back from the same Kafka topic. This example
+uses cross-language transforms available in
+[kafka.py](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/kafka.py).
+Transforms are implemented in Java and are available
+[here](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/KafkaIO.java).
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+Install Java in your system and make sure that `java` command is available in 
+the environment.
+
+```sh
+>java --version
+> <Should print information regarding the installed Java version>
+```
+
+## Setup the Kafka cluster
+
+This example requires users to setup a Kafka cluster that the Beam runner
+executing the pipeline has access to. There are few options.
+
+* For local runners that execute the pipelines in a single computer (for 
+example, portable DirectRunner or Spark/Flink runners in local mode), you can 
+setup a local Kafka cluster running in the same computer.
+* For Dataflow or portable Spark/Flink in distributed mode, you can setup a 
Kafka 
+cluster in GCE. See 
+[here](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/java-docs-samples/tree/master/dataflow/flex-templates/kafka_to_bigquery)
 
+for step by step instructions for this.
+
+Let's assume that that IP address of the node running the Kafka cluster to be 
+`KAFKA_ADDRESS` and the port to be `9092`.
+
+```sh
+> export BOOTSTRAP_SERVER=KAFKA_ADDRESS:9092
+```
+
+## Running the example on latest released Beam version
+
+Perform Beam runner specific setup. Note that cross-language transforms 
require 
+portable implementations of Spark/Flink/Direct runners. Dataflow requires
+(runner 
V2)[https://cloud.google.com/dataflow/docs/guides/deploying-a-pipeline#dataflow-runner-v2]
+and Beam 2.22.0 or later. See
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/documentation/runners/dataflow/) for 
+instructions for setting up Dataflow.
+
+Setup a virtual environment for running Beam Python programs. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/get-started/quickstart-py/) for prerequisites. 
+Dataflow requires the `gcp` tag. Assuming your work directory to be
+`/path/to/work`.
+
+```sh
+> export WORK_DIRECTORY=/path/to/work

Review comment:
       Done.

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+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+"""An example that writes to and reads from Kafka.
+
+ This example reads from the PubSub NYC Taxi stream described in
+ https://github.com/googlecodelabs/cloud-dataflow-nyc-taxi-tycoon, writes to a
+ given Kafka topic and reads back from the same Kafka topic.
+ """
+
+# pytype: skip-file
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import argparse
+import logging
+import typing
+
+import apache_beam as beam
+from apache_beam.io.kafka import ReadFromKafka
+from apache_beam.io.kafka import WriteToKafka
+from apache_beam.options.pipeline_options import PipelineOptions
+from apache_beam.options.pipeline_options import SetupOptions
+from apache_beam.options.pipeline_options import StandardOptions
+
+
+def run(argv=None):
+  """Main entry point; defines and runs the wordcount pipeline."""
+  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+  parser.add_argument(
+      '--bootstrap_servers',
+      dest='bootstrap_servers',
+      required=True,
+      help='Bootstrap servers for the Kafka cluster. Should be accessible by '
+      'the runner')
+  parser.add_argument(
+      '--topic',
+      dest='topic',
+      default='kafka_taxirides_realtime',
+      help='Kafka topic to write to and read from')
+  known_args, pipeline_args = parser.parse_known_args(argv)
+
+  pipeline_options = PipelineOptions(pipeline_args)

Review comment:
       Are you sure this works ? I don't see such keyword arguments.

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+<!--
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+    "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+    with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+    software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+    KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+    specific language governing permissions and limitations
+    under the License.
+-->
+
+# Python KafkaIO Example
+
+This example reads from the PubSub NYC Taxi stream described
+[here](https://github.com/googlecodelabs/cloud-dataflow-nyc-taxi-tycoon), 
writes
+to a given Kafka topic and reads back from the same Kafka topic. This example
+uses cross-language transforms available in
+[kafka.py](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/kafka.py).
+Transforms are implemented in Java and are available
+[here](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/KafkaIO.java).
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+Install Java in your system and make sure that `java` command is available in 
+the environment.
+
+```sh
+>java --version
+> <Should print information regarding the installed Java version>
+```
+
+## Setup the Kafka cluster
+
+This example requires users to setup a Kafka cluster that the Beam runner
+executing the pipeline has access to. There are few options.
+
+* For local runners that execute the pipelines in a single computer (for 
+example, portable DirectRunner or Spark/Flink runners in local mode), you can 
+setup a local Kafka cluster running in the same computer.
+* For Dataflow or portable Spark/Flink in distributed mode, you can setup a 
Kafka 
+cluster in GCE. See 
+[here](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/java-docs-samples/tree/master/dataflow/flex-templates/kafka_to_bigquery)
 
+for step by step instructions for this.
+
+Let's assume that that IP address of the node running the Kafka cluster to be 
+`KAFKA_ADDRESS` and the port to be `9092`.
+
+```sh
+> export BOOTSTRAP_SERVER=KAFKA_ADDRESS:9092
+```
+
+## Running the example on latest released Beam version
+
+Perform Beam runner specific setup. Note that cross-language transforms 
require 
+portable implementations of Spark/Flink/Direct runners. Dataflow requires
+(runner 
V2)[https://cloud.google.com/dataflow/docs/guides/deploying-a-pipeline#dataflow-runner-v2]
+and Beam 2.22.0 or later. See
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/documentation/runners/dataflow/) for 
+instructions for setting up Dataflow.
+
+Setup a virtual environment for running Beam Python programs. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/get-started/quickstart-py/) for prerequisites. 
+Dataflow requires the `gcp` tag. Assuming your work directory to be
+`/path/to/work`.
+
+```sh
+> export WORK_DIRECTORY=/path/to/work
+> cd $WORK_DIRECTORY
+> mkdir kafka_env
+> virtualenv kafka_env
+> . kafka_env/bin/activate
+> pip install -e .[gcp]
+```
+
+Run the Beam pipeline. You can either use the default Kafka topic name or 
+specify a Kafka topic name. Following command assumes Dataflow. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/get-started/quickstart-py/) for instructions on 
+running Beam Python programs on other runners. Note that you have to fill in 
+information mentioned within angle brackets (`<` and `>`).
+
+Note that this exemple is not available in Beam versions before 2.24.0 hence
+you'll have to either get the example program from Beam or follow steps
+provided in the section *Running the Example from a Beam Git Clone*.
+
+```sh
+>  python -m apache_beam.examples.kafkataxi.kafka_taxi --runner DataflowRunner 
--temp_location <GCS temp location> --project <GCP project>  --region <region> \
+   --num_workers 1 --job_name <job name> --bootstrap_servers $BOOTSTRAP_SERVER 
--experiments=use_runner_v2
+```
+
+## Running the Example from a Beam Git Clone
+
+Running this example from a Beam Git clone requires some additional steps.
+
+Checkout a clone of the Beam Git repo. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/contribute/) for prerequisites.
+
+Assume your Github username to be `GITHUB_USERNAME`.
+
+```sh
+> cd $WORK_DIRECTORY
+> git clone [email protected]:${GITHUB_USERNAME}/beam
+> cd beam
+```
+
+Build IO expansion service jar.
+
+```sh
+> ./gradlew :sdks:java:io:expansion-service:build
+```
+
+Push a java SDK Harness container to Docker Hub. See 

Review comment:
       Done.

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+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+"""An example that writes to and reads from Kafka.
+
+ This example reads from the PubSub NYC Taxi stream described in
+ https://github.com/googlecodelabs/cloud-dataflow-nyc-taxi-tycoon, writes to a
+ given Kafka topic and reads back from the same Kafka topic.
+ """
+
+# pytype: skip-file
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import argparse
+import logging
+import typing
+
+import apache_beam as beam
+from apache_beam.io.kafka import ReadFromKafka
+from apache_beam.io.kafka import WriteToKafka
+from apache_beam.options.pipeline_options import PipelineOptions
+from apache_beam.options.pipeline_options import SetupOptions
+from apache_beam.options.pipeline_options import StandardOptions
+
+
+def run(argv=None):
+  """Main entry point; defines and runs the wordcount pipeline."""
+  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+  parser.add_argument(
+      '--bootstrap_servers',
+      dest='bootstrap_servers',
+      required=True,
+      help='Bootstrap servers for the Kafka cluster. Should be accessible by '
+      'the runner')
+  parser.add_argument(
+      '--topic',
+      dest='topic',
+      default='kafka_taxirides_realtime',
+      help='Kafka topic to write to and read from')
+  known_args, pipeline_args = parser.parse_known_args(argv)
+
+  pipeline_options = PipelineOptions(pipeline_args)
+  pipeline_options.view_as(SetupOptions).save_main_session = True
+  pipeline_options.view_as(StandardOptions).streaming = True
+
+  pipeline = beam.Pipeline(options=pipeline_options)
+  bootstrap_servers = known_args.bootstrap_servers
+  _ = (
+      pipeline
+      | beam.io.ReadFromPubSub(
+          topic='projects/pubsub-public-data/topics/taxirides-realtime').
+      with_output_types(bytes)
+      | beam.Map(lambda x: (b'', x)).with_output_types(
+          typing.Tuple[bytes, bytes])
+      | beam.WindowInto(beam.window.FixedWindows(15))

Review comment:
       Moved to a parameter. Don't think this will be useful as a command line 
argument. Added a comment with the unit.

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+<!--
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+    "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+    with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+    software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+    KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+    specific language governing permissions and limitations
+    under the License.
+-->
+
+# Python KafkaIO Example
+
+This example reads from the PubSub NYC Taxi stream described
+[here](https://github.com/googlecodelabs/cloud-dataflow-nyc-taxi-tycoon), 
writes
+to a given Kafka topic and reads back from the same Kafka topic. This example
+uses cross-language transforms available in
+[kafka.py](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/kafka.py).
+Transforms are implemented in Java and are available
+[here](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/KafkaIO.java).
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+Install Java in your system and make sure that `java` command is available in 
+the environment.
+
+```sh
+>java --version
+> <Should print information regarding the installed Java version>
+```
+
+## Setup the Kafka cluster
+
+This example requires users to setup a Kafka cluster that the Beam runner
+executing the pipeline has access to. There are few options.
+
+* For local runners that execute the pipelines in a single computer (for 
+example, portable DirectRunner or Spark/Flink runners in local mode), you can 
+setup a local Kafka cluster running in the same computer.
+* For Dataflow or portable Spark/Flink in distributed mode, you can setup a 
Kafka 
+cluster in GCE. See 
+[here](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/java-docs-samples/tree/master/dataflow/flex-templates/kafka_to_bigquery)
 
+for step by step instructions for this.
+
+Let's assume that that IP address of the node running the Kafka cluster to be 
+`KAFKA_ADDRESS` and the port to be `9092`.
+
+```sh
+> export BOOTSTRAP_SERVER=KAFKA_ADDRESS:9092
+```
+
+## Running the example on latest released Beam version
+
+Perform Beam runner specific setup. Note that cross-language transforms 
require 
+portable implementations of Spark/Flink/Direct runners. Dataflow requires
+(runner 
V2)[https://cloud.google.com/dataflow/docs/guides/deploying-a-pipeline#dataflow-runner-v2]
+and Beam 2.22.0 or later. See
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/documentation/runners/dataflow/) for 
+instructions for setting up Dataflow.
+
+Setup a virtual environment for running Beam Python programs. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/get-started/quickstart-py/) for prerequisites. 
+Dataflow requires the `gcp` tag. Assuming your work directory to be
+`/path/to/work`.
+
+```sh
+> export WORK_DIRECTORY=/path/to/work
+> cd $WORK_DIRECTORY
+> mkdir kafka_env
+> virtualenv kafka_env
+> . kafka_env/bin/activate
+> pip install -e .[gcp]
+```
+
+Run the Beam pipeline. You can either use the default Kafka topic name or 
+specify a Kafka topic name. Following command assumes Dataflow. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/get-started/quickstart-py/) for instructions on 
+running Beam Python programs on other runners. Note that you have to fill in 
+information mentioned within angle brackets (`<` and `>`).
+
+Note that this exemple is not available in Beam versions before 2.24.0 hence
+you'll have to either get the example program from Beam or follow steps
+provided in the section *Running the Example from a Beam Git Clone*.
+
+```sh
+>  python -m apache_beam.examples.kafkataxi.kafka_taxi --runner DataflowRunner 
--temp_location <GCS temp location> --project <GCP project>  --region <region> \
+   --num_workers 1 --job_name <job name> --bootstrap_servers $BOOTSTRAP_SERVER 
--experiments=use_runner_v2
+```
+
+## Running the Example from a Beam Git Clone
+
+Running this example from a Beam Git clone requires some additional steps.
+
+Checkout a clone of the Beam Git repo. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/contribute/) for prerequisites.
+
+Assume your Github username to be `GITHUB_USERNAME`.
+
+```sh
+> cd $WORK_DIRECTORY

Review comment:
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+<!--
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+    "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+    with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+    software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+    KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+    specific language governing permissions and limitations
+    under the License.
+-->
+
+# Python KafkaIO Example
+
+This example reads from the PubSub NYC Taxi stream described
+[here](https://github.com/googlecodelabs/cloud-dataflow-nyc-taxi-tycoon), 
writes
+to a given Kafka topic and reads back from the same Kafka topic. This example
+uses cross-language transforms available in
+[kafka.py](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/kafka.py).
+Transforms are implemented in Java and are available
+[here](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/KafkaIO.java).
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+Install Java in your system and make sure that `java` command is available in 
+the environment.
+
+```sh
+>java --version
+> <Should print information regarding the installed Java version>
+```
+
+## Setup the Kafka cluster
+
+This example requires users to setup a Kafka cluster that the Beam runner
+executing the pipeline has access to. There are few options.
+
+* For local runners that execute the pipelines in a single computer (for 
+example, portable DirectRunner or Spark/Flink runners in local mode), you can 
+setup a local Kafka cluster running in the same computer.
+* For Dataflow or portable Spark/Flink in distributed mode, you can setup a 
Kafka 
+cluster in GCE. See 
+[here](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/java-docs-samples/tree/master/dataflow/flex-templates/kafka_to_bigquery)
 
+for step by step instructions for this.
+
+Let's assume that that IP address of the node running the Kafka cluster to be 
+`KAFKA_ADDRESS` and the port to be `9092`.
+
+```sh
+> export BOOTSTRAP_SERVER=KAFKA_ADDRESS:9092
+```
+
+## Running the example on latest released Beam version
+
+Perform Beam runner specific setup. Note that cross-language transforms 
require 
+portable implementations of Spark/Flink/Direct runners. Dataflow requires
+(runner 
V2)[https://cloud.google.com/dataflow/docs/guides/deploying-a-pipeline#dataflow-runner-v2]
+and Beam 2.22.0 or later. See
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/documentation/runners/dataflow/) for 
+instructions for setting up Dataflow.
+
+Setup a virtual environment for running Beam Python programs. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/get-started/quickstart-py/) for prerequisites. 
+Dataflow requires the `gcp` tag. Assuming your work directory to be
+`/path/to/work`.
+
+```sh
+> export WORK_DIRECTORY=/path/to/work
+> cd $WORK_DIRECTORY
+> mkdir kafka_env
+> virtualenv kafka_env
+> . kafka_env/bin/activate
+> pip install -e .[gcp]
+```
+
+Run the Beam pipeline. You can either use the default Kafka topic name or 
+specify a Kafka topic name. Following command assumes Dataflow. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/get-started/quickstart-py/) for instructions on 
+running Beam Python programs on other runners. Note that you have to fill in 
+information mentioned within angle brackets (`<` and `>`).
+
+Note that this exemple is not available in Beam versions before 2.24.0 hence
+you'll have to either get the example program from Beam or follow steps
+provided in the section *Running the Example from a Beam Git Clone*.
+
+```sh
+>  python -m apache_beam.examples.kafkataxi.kafka_taxi --runner DataflowRunner 
--temp_location <GCS temp location> --project <GCP project>  --region <region> \

Review comment:
       Done.

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+<!--
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+    "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+    with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+    software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+    KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+    specific language governing permissions and limitations
+    under the License.
+-->
+
+# Python KafkaIO Example
+
+This example reads from the PubSub NYC Taxi stream described
+[here](https://github.com/googlecodelabs/cloud-dataflow-nyc-taxi-tycoon), 
writes
+to a given Kafka topic and reads back from the same Kafka topic. This example
+uses cross-language transforms available in
+[kafka.py](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/kafka.py).
+Transforms are implemented in Java and are available
+[here](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/KafkaIO.java).
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+Install Java in your system and make sure that `java` command is available in 
+the environment.
+
+```sh
+>java --version
+> <Should print information regarding the installed Java version>
+```
+
+## Setup the Kafka cluster
+
+This example requires users to setup a Kafka cluster that the Beam runner
+executing the pipeline has access to. There are few options.
+
+* For local runners that execute the pipelines in a single computer (for 
+example, portable DirectRunner or Spark/Flink runners in local mode), you can 
+setup a local Kafka cluster running in the same computer.
+* For Dataflow or portable Spark/Flink in distributed mode, you can setup a 
Kafka 
+cluster in GCE. See 
+[here](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/java-docs-samples/tree/master/dataflow/flex-templates/kafka_to_bigquery)
 
+for step by step instructions for this.
+
+Let's assume that that IP address of the node running the Kafka cluster to be 
+`KAFKA_ADDRESS` and the port to be `9092`.
+
+```sh
+> export BOOTSTRAP_SERVER=KAFKA_ADDRESS:9092

Review comment:
       Yes, this is geared towards distributed runners though users would be 
able to run the example with Flink/Spark in local mode as well. I think it's 
good to not mention local Kafka cluster so that it's not confusing and gives 
the impression that distributed runners will work with this. Updated.

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+<!--
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+    "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+    with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+    software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+    KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+    specific language governing permissions and limitations
+    under the License.
+-->
+
+# Python KafkaIO Example
+
+This example reads from the PubSub NYC Taxi stream described
+[here](https://github.com/googlecodelabs/cloud-dataflow-nyc-taxi-tycoon), 
writes
+to a given Kafka topic and reads back from the same Kafka topic. This example
+uses cross-language transforms available in
+[kafka.py](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/kafka.py).
+Transforms are implemented in Java and are available
+[here](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/KafkaIO.java).
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+Install Java in your system and make sure that `java` command is available in 
+the environment.
+
+```sh
+>java --version
+> <Should print information regarding the installed Java version>
+```
+
+## Setup the Kafka cluster
+
+This example requires users to setup a Kafka cluster that the Beam runner
+executing the pipeline has access to. There are few options.
+
+* For local runners that execute the pipelines in a single computer (for 

Review comment:
       Done.

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+<!--
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+    "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+    with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+    software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+    KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+    specific language governing permissions and limitations
+    under the License.
+-->
+
+# Python KafkaIO Example
+
+This example reads from the PubSub NYC Taxi stream described
+[here](https://github.com/googlecodelabs/cloud-dataflow-nyc-taxi-tycoon), 
writes
+to a given Kafka topic and reads back from the same Kafka topic. This example
+uses cross-language transforms available in
+[kafka.py](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/kafka.py).
+Transforms are implemented in Java and are available
+[here](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/KafkaIO.java).
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+Install Java in your system and make sure that `java` command is available in 
+the environment.
+
+```sh
+>java --version
+> <Should print information regarding the installed Java version>
+```
+
+## Setup the Kafka cluster
+
+This example requires users to setup a Kafka cluster that the Beam runner
+executing the pipeline has access to. There are few options.
+
+* For local runners that execute the pipelines in a single computer (for 
+example, portable DirectRunner or Spark/Flink runners in local mode), you can 
+setup a local Kafka cluster running in the same computer.
+* For Dataflow or portable Spark/Flink in distributed mode, you can setup a 
Kafka 
+cluster in GCE. See 
+[here](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/java-docs-samples/tree/master/dataflow/flex-templates/kafka_to_bigquery)
 
+for step by step instructions for this.
+
+Let's assume that that IP address of the node running the Kafka cluster to be 
+`KAFKA_ADDRESS` and the port to be `9092`.
+
+```sh
+> export BOOTSTRAP_SERVER=KAFKA_ADDRESS:9092
+```
+
+## Running the example on latest released Beam version
+
+Perform Beam runner specific setup. Note that cross-language transforms 
require 
+portable implementations of Spark/Flink/Direct runners. Dataflow requires
+(runner 
V2)[https://cloud.google.com/dataflow/docs/guides/deploying-a-pipeline#dataflow-runner-v2]

Review comment:
       Done.

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+<!--
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+    "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+    with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+    software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+    KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+    specific language governing permissions and limitations
+    under the License.
+-->
+
+# Python KafkaIO Example
+
+This example reads from the PubSub NYC Taxi stream described
+[here](https://github.com/googlecodelabs/cloud-dataflow-nyc-taxi-tycoon), 
writes
+to a given Kafka topic and reads back from the same Kafka topic. This example
+uses cross-language transforms available in
+[kafka.py](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/kafka.py).
+Transforms are implemented in Java and are available
+[here](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/KafkaIO.java).
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+Install Java in your system and make sure that `java` command is available in 
+the environment.
+
+```sh
+>java --version
+> <Should print information regarding the installed Java version>
+```
+
+## Setup the Kafka cluster
+
+This example requires users to setup a Kafka cluster that the Beam runner
+executing the pipeline has access to. There are few options.
+
+* For local runners that execute the pipelines in a single computer (for 
+example, portable DirectRunner or Spark/Flink runners in local mode), you can 
+setup a local Kafka cluster running in the same computer.
+* For Dataflow or portable Spark/Flink in distributed mode, you can setup a 
Kafka 
+cluster in GCE. See 
+[here](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/java-docs-samples/tree/master/dataflow/flex-templates/kafka_to_bigquery)
 
+for step by step instructions for this.
+
+Let's assume that that IP address of the node running the Kafka cluster to be 
+`KAFKA_ADDRESS` and the port to be `9092`.
+
+```sh
+> export BOOTSTRAP_SERVER=KAFKA_ADDRESS:9092
+```
+
+## Running the example on latest released Beam version
+
+Perform Beam runner specific setup. Note that cross-language transforms 
require 
+portable implementations of Spark/Flink/Direct runners. Dataflow requires
+(runner 
V2)[https://cloud.google.com/dataflow/docs/guides/deploying-a-pipeline#dataflow-runner-v2]
+and Beam 2.22.0 or later. See
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/documentation/runners/dataflow/) for 
+instructions for setting up Dataflow.
+
+Setup a virtual environment for running Beam Python programs. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/get-started/quickstart-py/) for prerequisites. 
+Dataflow requires the `gcp` tag. Assuming your work directory to be
+`/path/to/work`.
+
+```sh
+> export WORK_DIRECTORY=/path/to/work
+> cd $WORK_DIRECTORY
+> mkdir kafka_env
+> virtualenv kafka_env
+> . kafka_env/bin/activate
+> pip install -e .[gcp]
+```
+
+Run the Beam pipeline. You can either use the default Kafka topic name or 
+specify a Kafka topic name. Following command assumes Dataflow. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/get-started/quickstart-py/) for instructions on 
+running Beam Python programs on other runners. Note that you have to fill in 
+information mentioned within angle brackets (`<` and `>`).
+
+Note that this exemple is not available in Beam versions before 2.24.0 hence
+you'll have to either get the example program from Beam or follow steps
+provided in the section *Running the Example from a Beam Git Clone*.
+
+```sh
+>  python -m apache_beam.examples.kafkataxi.kafka_taxi --runner DataflowRunner 
--temp_location <GCS temp location> --project <GCP project>  --region <region> \
+   --num_workers 1 --job_name <job name> --bootstrap_servers $BOOTSTRAP_SERVER 
--experiments=use_runner_v2
+```
+
+## Running the Example from a Beam Git Clone
+
+Running this example from a Beam Git clone requires some additional steps.
+
+Checkout a clone of the Beam Git repo. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/contribute/) for prerequisites.
+
+Assume your Github username to be `GITHUB_USERNAME`.
+
+```sh
+> cd $WORK_DIRECTORY
+> git clone [email protected]:${GITHUB_USERNAME}/beam
+> cd beam
+```
+
+Build IO expansion service jar.
+
+```sh
+> ./gradlew :sdks:java:io:expansion-service:build
+```
+
+Push a java SDK Harness container to Docker Hub. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/documentation/runtime/environments/) for 
+prerequisites and additional information. Note that you have to fill in 
+information mentioned within angle brackets (`<` and `>`). Assume your Docker
+repository root to be `<Docker repository root>`.
+
+```sh
+> export DOCKER_ROOT=<Docker repository root>

Review comment:
       Done.

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+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+"""An example that writes to and reads from Kafka.
+
+ This example reads from the PubSub NYC Taxi stream described in
+ https://github.com/googlecodelabs/cloud-dataflow-nyc-taxi-tycoon, writes to a
+ given Kafka topic and reads back from the same Kafka topic.
+ """
+
+# pytype: skip-file
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import argparse
+import logging
+import typing
+
+import apache_beam as beam
+from apache_beam.io.kafka import ReadFromKafka
+from apache_beam.io.kafka import WriteToKafka
+from apache_beam.options.pipeline_options import PipelineOptions
+from apache_beam.options.pipeline_options import SetupOptions
+from apache_beam.options.pipeline_options import StandardOptions
+
+
+def run(argv=None):
+  """Main entry point; defines and runs the wordcount pipeline."""
+  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+  parser.add_argument(
+      '--bootstrap_servers',
+      dest='bootstrap_servers',
+      required=True,
+      help='Bootstrap servers for the Kafka cluster. Should be accessible by '
+      'the runner')
+  parser.add_argument(
+      '--topic',
+      dest='topic',
+      default='kafka_taxirides_realtime',
+      help='Kafka topic to write to and read from')
+  known_args, pipeline_args = parser.parse_known_args(argv)
+
+  pipeline_options = PipelineOptions(pipeline_args)
+  pipeline_options.view_as(SetupOptions).save_main_session = True
+  pipeline_options.view_as(StandardOptions).streaming = True
+
+  pipeline = beam.Pipeline(options=pipeline_options)

Review comment:
       Done.

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+<!--
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+    "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+    with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+    software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+    KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+    specific language governing permissions and limitations
+    under the License.
+-->
+
+# Python KafkaIO Example
+
+This example reads from the PubSub NYC Taxi stream described
+[here](https://github.com/googlecodelabs/cloud-dataflow-nyc-taxi-tycoon), 
writes
+to a given Kafka topic and reads back from the same Kafka topic. This example
+uses cross-language transforms available in
+[kafka.py](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/kafka.py).
+Transforms are implemented in Java and are available
+[here](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/KafkaIO.java).
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+Install Java in your system and make sure that `java` command is available in 
+the environment.
+
+```sh
+>java --version
+> <Should print information regarding the installed Java version>
+```
+
+## Setup the Kafka cluster
+
+This example requires users to setup a Kafka cluster that the Beam runner
+executing the pipeline has access to. There are few options.
+
+* For local runners that execute the pipelines in a single computer (for 
+example, portable DirectRunner or Spark/Flink runners in local mode), you can 
+setup a local Kafka cluster running in the same computer.
+* For Dataflow or portable Spark/Flink in distributed mode, you can setup a 
Kafka 
+cluster in GCE. See 
+[here](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/java-docs-samples/tree/master/dataflow/flex-templates/kafka_to_bigquery)
 
+for step by step instructions for this.
+
+Let's assume that that IP address of the node running the Kafka cluster to be 
+`KAFKA_ADDRESS` and the port to be `9092`.
+
+```sh
+> export BOOTSTRAP_SERVER=KAFKA_ADDRESS:9092
+```
+
+## Running the example on latest released Beam version
+
+Perform Beam runner specific setup. Note that cross-language transforms 
require 
+portable implementations of Spark/Flink/Direct runners. Dataflow requires
+(runner 
V2)[https://cloud.google.com/dataflow/docs/guides/deploying-a-pipeline#dataflow-runner-v2]
+and Beam 2.22.0 or later. See
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/documentation/runners/dataflow/) for 
+instructions for setting up Dataflow.
+
+Setup a virtual environment for running Beam Python programs. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/get-started/quickstart-py/) for prerequisites. 
+Dataflow requires the `gcp` tag. Assuming your work directory to be
+`/path/to/work`.
+
+```sh
+> export WORK_DIRECTORY=/path/to/work
+> cd $WORK_DIRECTORY
+> mkdir kafka_env
+> virtualenv kafka_env
+> . kafka_env/bin/activate
+> pip install -e .[gcp]
+```
+
+Run the Beam pipeline. You can either use the default Kafka topic name or 
+specify a Kafka topic name. Following command assumes Dataflow. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/get-started/quickstart-py/) for instructions on 
+running Beam Python programs on other runners. Note that you have to fill in 
+information mentioned within angle brackets (`<` and `>`).
+
+Note that this exemple is not available in Beam versions before 2.24.0 hence
+you'll have to either get the example program from Beam or follow steps
+provided in the section *Running the Example from a Beam Git Clone*.
+
+```sh
+>  python -m apache_beam.examples.kafkataxi.kafka_taxi --runner DataflowRunner 
--temp_location <GCS temp location> --project <GCP project>  --region <region> \
+   --num_workers 1 --job_name <job name> --bootstrap_servers $BOOTSTRAP_SERVER 
--experiments=use_runner_v2
+```
+
+## Running the Example from a Beam Git Clone

Review comment:
       Done.

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+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+"""An example that writes to and reads from Kafka.
+
+ This example reads from the PubSub NYC Taxi stream described in
+ https://github.com/googlecodelabs/cloud-dataflow-nyc-taxi-tycoon, writes to a
+ given Kafka topic and reads back from the same Kafka topic.
+ """
+
+# pytype: skip-file
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import argparse
+import logging
+import typing
+
+import apache_beam as beam
+from apache_beam.io.kafka import ReadFromKafka
+from apache_beam.io.kafka import WriteToKafka
+from apache_beam.options.pipeline_options import PipelineOptions
+from apache_beam.options.pipeline_options import SetupOptions
+from apache_beam.options.pipeline_options import StandardOptions
+
+
+def run(argv=None):

Review comment:
       Done.

##########
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+<!--
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+    "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+    with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+    software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+    KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+    specific language governing permissions and limitations
+    under the License.
+-->
+
+# Python KafkaIO Example
+
+This example reads from the PubSub NYC Taxi stream described
+[here](https://github.com/googlecodelabs/cloud-dataflow-nyc-taxi-tycoon), 
writes
+to a given Kafka topic and reads back from the same Kafka topic. This example
+uses cross-language transforms available in
+[kafka.py](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/kafka.py).
+Transforms are implemented in Java and are available
+[here](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/KafkaIO.java).
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+Install Java in your system and make sure that `java` command is available in 
+the environment.
+
+```sh
+>java --version
+> <Should print information regarding the installed Java version>
+```
+
+## Setup the Kafka cluster
+
+This example requires users to setup a Kafka cluster that the Beam runner
+executing the pipeline has access to. There are few options.
+
+* For local runners that execute the pipelines in a single computer (for 
+example, portable DirectRunner or Spark/Flink runners in local mode), you can 
+setup a local Kafka cluster running in the same computer.
+* For Dataflow or portable Spark/Flink in distributed mode, you can setup a 
Kafka 
+cluster in GCE. See 
+[here](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/java-docs-samples/tree/master/dataflow/flex-templates/kafka_to_bigquery)
 
+for step by step instructions for this.
+
+Let's assume that that IP address of the node running the Kafka cluster to be 
+`KAFKA_ADDRESS` and the port to be `9092`.
+
+```sh
+> export BOOTSTRAP_SERVER=KAFKA_ADDRESS:9092
+```
+
+## Running the example on latest released Beam version
+
+Perform Beam runner specific setup. Note that cross-language transforms 
require 
+portable implementations of Spark/Flink/Direct runners. Dataflow requires
+(runner 
V2)[https://cloud.google.com/dataflow/docs/guides/deploying-a-pipeline#dataflow-runner-v2]
+and Beam 2.22.0 or later. See
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/documentation/runners/dataflow/) for 
+instructions for setting up Dataflow.
+
+Setup a virtual environment for running Beam Python programs. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/get-started/quickstart-py/) for prerequisites. 
+Dataflow requires the `gcp` tag. Assuming your work directory to be
+`/path/to/work`.
+
+```sh
+> export WORK_DIRECTORY=/path/to/work
+> cd $WORK_DIRECTORY
+> mkdir kafka_env
+> virtualenv kafka_env
+> . kafka_env/bin/activate
+> pip install -e .[gcp]
+```
+
+Run the Beam pipeline. You can either use the default Kafka topic name or 
+specify a Kafka topic name. Following command assumes Dataflow. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/get-started/quickstart-py/) for instructions on 
+running Beam Python programs on other runners. Note that you have to fill in 
+information mentioned within angle brackets (`<` and `>`).
+
+Note that this exemple is not available in Beam versions before 2.24.0 hence
+you'll have to either get the example program from Beam or follow steps
+provided in the section *Running the Example from a Beam Git Clone*.
+
+```sh
+>  python -m apache_beam.examples.kafkataxi.kafka_taxi --runner DataflowRunner 
--temp_location <GCS temp location> --project <GCP project>  --region <region> \
+   --num_workers 1 --job_name <job name> --bootstrap_servers $BOOTSTRAP_SERVER 
--experiments=use_runner_v2
+```
+
+## Running the Example from a Beam Git Clone
+
+Running this example from a Beam Git clone requires some additional steps.
+
+Checkout a clone of the Beam Git repo. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/contribute/) for prerequisites.
+
+Assume your Github username to be `GITHUB_USERNAME`.
+
+```sh
+> cd $WORK_DIRECTORY
+> git clone [email protected]:${GITHUB_USERNAME}/beam
+> cd beam
+```
+
+Build IO expansion service jar.
+
+```sh
+> ./gradlew :sdks:java:io:expansion-service:build
+```
+
+Push a java SDK Harness container to Docker Hub. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/documentation/runtime/environments/) for 
+prerequisites and additional information. Note that you have to fill in 
+information mentioned within angle brackets (`<` and `>`). Assume your Docker
+repository root to be `<Docker repository root>`.
+
+```sh
+> export DOCKER_ROOT=<Docker repository root>
+> ./gradlew :sdks:java:container:docker -Pdocker-repository-root=$DOCKER_ROOT 
-Pdocker-tag=latest
+> docker push $DOCKER_ROOT/beam_java_sdk:latest
+```
+
+For portable Flink/Spark in local mode, instead of above command just build the
+Java SDK harness container locally using the default values for repository root
+and the docker tag.
+
+Activate your Python virtual environment.  This example uses `virtualenv`. See 
+[here](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/BEAM/Python+Tips) for
+instructions regarding setting up other types of Python virtual environments.
+
+```sh
+> cd $WORK_DIRECTORY

Review comment:
       Done.

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+<!--
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+    "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+    with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+    software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+    KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+    specific language governing permissions and limitations
+    under the License.
+-->
+
+# Python KafkaIO Example
+
+This example reads from the PubSub NYC Taxi stream described
+[here](https://github.com/googlecodelabs/cloud-dataflow-nyc-taxi-tycoon), 
writes
+to a given Kafka topic and reads back from the same Kafka topic. This example
+uses cross-language transforms available in
+[kafka.py](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/kafka.py).
+Transforms are implemented in Java and are available
+[here](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/KafkaIO.java).
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+Install Java in your system and make sure that `java` command is available in 
+the environment.
+
+```sh
+>java --version
+> <Should print information regarding the installed Java version>
+```
+
+## Setup the Kafka cluster
+
+This example requires users to setup a Kafka cluster that the Beam runner
+executing the pipeline has access to. There are few options.
+
+* For local runners that execute the pipelines in a single computer (for 
+example, portable DirectRunner or Spark/Flink runners in local mode), you can 
+setup a local Kafka cluster running in the same computer.
+* For Dataflow or portable Spark/Flink in distributed mode, you can setup a 
Kafka 
+cluster in GCE. See 
+[here](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/java-docs-samples/tree/master/dataflow/flex-templates/kafka_to_bigquery)
 
+for step by step instructions for this.
+
+Let's assume that that IP address of the node running the Kafka cluster to be 
+`KAFKA_ADDRESS` and the port to be `9092`.
+
+```sh
+> export BOOTSTRAP_SERVER=KAFKA_ADDRESS:9092
+```
+
+## Running the example on latest released Beam version
+
+Perform Beam runner specific setup. Note that cross-language transforms 
require 
+portable implementations of Spark/Flink/Direct runners. Dataflow requires
+(runner 
V2)[https://cloud.google.com/dataflow/docs/guides/deploying-a-pipeline#dataflow-runner-v2]
+and Beam 2.22.0 or later. See
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/documentation/runners/dataflow/) for 
+instructions for setting up Dataflow.
+
+Setup a virtual environment for running Beam Python programs. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/get-started/quickstart-py/) for prerequisites. 
+Dataflow requires the `gcp` tag. Assuming your work directory to be
+`/path/to/work`.
+
+```sh
+> export WORK_DIRECTORY=/path/to/work
+> cd $WORK_DIRECTORY
+> mkdir kafka_env
+> virtualenv kafka_env
+> . kafka_env/bin/activate
+> pip install -e .[gcp]
+```
+
+Run the Beam pipeline. You can either use the default Kafka topic name or 
+specify a Kafka topic name. Following command assumes Dataflow. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/get-started/quickstart-py/) for instructions on 
+running Beam Python programs on other runners. Note that you have to fill in 
+information mentioned within angle brackets (`<` and `>`).
+
+Note that this exemple is not available in Beam versions before 2.24.0 hence
+you'll have to either get the example program from Beam or follow steps
+provided in the section *Running the Example from a Beam Git Clone*.
+
+```sh
+>  python -m apache_beam.examples.kafkataxi.kafka_taxi --runner DataflowRunner 
--temp_location <GCS temp location> --project <GCP project>  --region <region> \
+   --num_workers 1 --job_name <job name> --bootstrap_servers $BOOTSTRAP_SERVER 
--experiments=use_runner_v2
+```
+
+## Running the Example from a Beam Git Clone
+
+Running this example from a Beam Git clone requires some additional steps.
+
+Checkout a clone of the Beam Git repo. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/contribute/) for prerequisites.
+
+Assume your Github username to be `GITHUB_USERNAME`.
+
+```sh
+> cd $WORK_DIRECTORY
+> git clone [email protected]:${GITHUB_USERNAME}/beam
+> cd beam
+```
+
+Build IO expansion service jar.
+
+```sh
+> ./gradlew :sdks:java:io:expansion-service:build
+```
+
+Push a java SDK Harness container to Docker Hub. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/documentation/runtime/environments/) for 
+prerequisites and additional information. Note that you have to fill in 
+information mentioned within angle brackets (`<` and `>`). Assume your Docker
+repository root to be `<Docker repository root>`.
+
+```sh
+> export DOCKER_ROOT=<Docker repository root>
+> ./gradlew :sdks:java:container:docker -Pdocker-repository-root=$DOCKER_ROOT 
-Pdocker-tag=latest
+> docker push $DOCKER_ROOT/beam_java_sdk:latest
+```
+
+For portable Flink/Spark in local mode, instead of above command just build the
+Java SDK harness container locally using the default values for repository root
+and the docker tag.
+
+Activate your Python virtual environment.  This example uses `virtualenv`. See 
+[here](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/BEAM/Python+Tips) for
+instructions regarding setting up other types of Python virtual environments.
+
+```sh
+> cd $WORK_DIRECTORY
+> mkdir kafka_env
+> virtualenv kafka_env
+> . kafka_env/bin/activate
+```
+
+Install Beam and dependencies and build a Beam distribution.
+
+```sh
+> cd beam/sdks/python

Review comment:
       Done.

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##########
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+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+"""An example that writes to and reads from Kafka.
+
+ This example reads from the PubSub NYC Taxi stream described in
+ https://github.com/googlecodelabs/cloud-dataflow-nyc-taxi-tycoon, writes to a
+ given Kafka topic and reads back from the same Kafka topic.
+ """
+
+# pytype: skip-file
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import argparse
+import logging
+import typing
+
+import apache_beam as beam
+from apache_beam.io.kafka import ReadFromKafka
+from apache_beam.io.kafka import WriteToKafka
+from apache_beam.options.pipeline_options import PipelineOptions
+from apache_beam.options.pipeline_options import SetupOptions
+from apache_beam.options.pipeline_options import StandardOptions
+
+
+def run(argv=None):
+  """Main entry point; defines and runs the wordcount pipeline."""
+  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+  parser.add_argument(
+      '--bootstrap_servers',

Review comment:
       I think it's better to keep this as 'bootstrap_servers' since that's 
well known for any Kafka users.

##########
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##########
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+<!--
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+    "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+    with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+    software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+    KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+    specific language governing permissions and limitations
+    under the License.
+-->
+
+# Python KafkaIO Example
+
+This example reads from the PubSub NYC Taxi stream described
+[here](https://github.com/googlecodelabs/cloud-dataflow-nyc-taxi-tycoon), 
writes
+to a given Kafka topic and reads back from the same Kafka topic. This example
+uses cross-language transforms available in
+[kafka.py](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/kafka.py).
+Transforms are implemented in Java and are available
+[here](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/KafkaIO.java).
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+Install Java in your system and make sure that `java` command is available in 
+the environment.
+
+```sh
+>java --version
+> <Should print information regarding the installed Java version>
+```
+
+## Setup the Kafka cluster
+
+This example requires users to setup a Kafka cluster that the Beam runner
+executing the pipeline has access to. There are few options.
+
+* For local runners that execute the pipelines in a single computer (for 
+example, portable DirectRunner or Spark/Flink runners in local mode), you can 
+setup a local Kafka cluster running in the same computer.
+* For Dataflow or portable Spark/Flink in distributed mode, you can setup a 
Kafka 
+cluster in GCE. See 
+[here](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/java-docs-samples/tree/master/dataflow/flex-templates/kafka_to_bigquery)
 
+for step by step instructions for this.
+
+Let's assume that that IP address of the node running the Kafka cluster to be 
+`KAFKA_ADDRESS` and the port to be `9092`.
+
+```sh
+> export BOOTSTRAP_SERVER=KAFKA_ADDRESS:9092
+```
+
+## Running the example on latest released Beam version
+
+Perform Beam runner specific setup. Note that cross-language transforms 
require 
+portable implementations of Spark/Flink/Direct runners. Dataflow requires
+(runner 
V2)[https://cloud.google.com/dataflow/docs/guides/deploying-a-pipeline#dataflow-runner-v2]
+and Beam 2.22.0 or later. See
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/documentation/runners/dataflow/) for 
+instructions for setting up Dataflow.
+
+Setup a virtual environment for running Beam Python programs. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/get-started/quickstart-py/) for prerequisites. 
+Dataflow requires the `gcp` tag. Assuming your work directory to be
+`/path/to/work`.
+
+```sh
+> export WORK_DIRECTORY=/path/to/work
+> cd $WORK_DIRECTORY
+> mkdir kafka_env
+> virtualenv kafka_env
+> . kafka_env/bin/activate
+> pip install -e .[gcp]
+```
+
+Run the Beam pipeline. You can either use the default Kafka topic name or 
+specify a Kafka topic name. Following command assumes Dataflow. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/get-started/quickstart-py/) for instructions on 
+running Beam Python programs on other runners. Note that you have to fill in 
+information mentioned within angle brackets (`<` and `>`).
+
+Note that this exemple is not available in Beam versions before 2.24.0 hence
+you'll have to either get the example program from Beam or follow steps
+provided in the section *Running the Example from a Beam Git Clone*.
+
+```sh
+>  python -m apache_beam.examples.kafkataxi.kafka_taxi --runner DataflowRunner 
--temp_location <GCS temp location> --project <GCP project>  --region <region> \
+   --num_workers 1 --job_name <job name> --bootstrap_servers $BOOTSTRAP_SERVER 
--experiments=use_runner_v2
+```
+
+## Running the Example from a Beam Git Clone
+
+Running this example from a Beam Git clone requires some additional steps.
+
+Checkout a clone of the Beam Git repo. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/contribute/) for prerequisites.
+
+Assume your Github username to be `GITHUB_USERNAME`.
+
+```sh
+> cd $WORK_DIRECTORY
+> git clone [email protected]:${GITHUB_USERNAME}/beam
+> cd beam
+```
+
+Build IO expansion service jar.
+
+```sh
+> ./gradlew :sdks:java:io:expansion-service:build

Review comment:
       Done.

##########
File path: sdks/python/apache_beam/examples/kafkataxi/kafka_taxi.py
##########
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+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+"""An example that writes to and reads from Kafka.
+
+ This example reads from the PubSub NYC Taxi stream described in
+ https://github.com/googlecodelabs/cloud-dataflow-nyc-taxi-tycoon, writes to a
+ given Kafka topic and reads back from the same Kafka topic.
+ """
+
+# pytype: skip-file
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import argparse
+import logging
+import typing
+
+import apache_beam as beam
+from apache_beam.io.kafka import ReadFromKafka
+from apache_beam.io.kafka import WriteToKafka
+from apache_beam.options.pipeline_options import PipelineOptions
+from apache_beam.options.pipeline_options import SetupOptions
+from apache_beam.options.pipeline_options import StandardOptions
+
+
+def run(argv=None):
+  """Main entry point; defines and runs the wordcount pipeline."""
+  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+  parser.add_argument(
+      '--bootstrap_servers',
+      dest='bootstrap_servers',
+      required=True,
+      help='Bootstrap servers for the Kafka cluster. Should be accessible by '
+      'the runner')
+  parser.add_argument(
+      '--topic',
+      dest='topic',
+      default='kafka_taxirides_realtime',
+      help='Kafka topic to write to and read from')
+  known_args, pipeline_args = parser.parse_known_args(argv)
+
+  pipeline_options = PipelineOptions(pipeline_args)
+  pipeline_options.view_as(SetupOptions).save_main_session = True
+  pipeline_options.view_as(StandardOptions).streaming = True
+
+  pipeline = beam.Pipeline(options=pipeline_options)
+  bootstrap_servers = known_args.bootstrap_servers
+  _ = (
+      pipeline
+      | beam.io.ReadFromPubSub(
+          topic='projects/pubsub-public-data/topics/taxirides-realtime').
+      with_output_types(bytes)
+      | beam.Map(lambda x: (b'', x)).with_output_types(
+          typing.Tuple[bytes, bytes])
+      | beam.WindowInto(beam.window.FixedWindows(15))
+      | WriteToKafka(
+          producer_config={'bootstrap.servers': bootstrap_servers},
+          topic=known_args.topic))
+
+  _ = (
+      pipeline
+      | ReadFromKafka(
+          consumer_config={'bootstrap.servers': bootstrap_servers},
+          topics=[known_args.topic])
+      | beam.FlatMap(lambda x: []))

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       Updated to parse and print elements.

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+
+# Python KafkaIO Example
+
+This example reads from the PubSub NYC Taxi stream described
+[here](https://github.com/googlecodelabs/cloud-dataflow-nyc-taxi-tycoon), 
writes
+to a given Kafka topic and reads back from the same Kafka topic. This example
+uses cross-language transforms available in
+[kafka.py](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/kafka.py).
+Transforms are implemented in Java and are available
+[here](https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/java/io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/kafka/KafkaIO.java).
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+Install Java in your system and make sure that `java` command is available in 
+the environment.
+
+```sh
+>java --version
+> <Should print information regarding the installed Java version>
+```
+
+## Setup the Kafka cluster
+
+This example requires users to setup a Kafka cluster that the Beam runner
+executing the pipeline has access to. There are few options.
+
+* For local runners that execute the pipelines in a single computer (for 
+example, portable DirectRunner or Spark/Flink runners in local mode), you can 
+setup a local Kafka cluster running in the same computer.
+* For Dataflow or portable Spark/Flink in distributed mode, you can setup a 
Kafka 
+cluster in GCE. See 
+[here](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/java-docs-samples/tree/master/dataflow/flex-templates/kafka_to_bigquery)
 
+for step by step instructions for this.
+
+Let's assume that that IP address of the node running the Kafka cluster to be 
+`KAFKA_ADDRESS` and the port to be `9092`.
+
+```sh
+> export BOOTSTRAP_SERVER=KAFKA_ADDRESS:9092
+```
+
+## Running the example on latest released Beam version
+
+Perform Beam runner specific setup. Note that cross-language transforms 
require 
+portable implementations of Spark/Flink/Direct runners. Dataflow requires
+(runner 
V2)[https://cloud.google.com/dataflow/docs/guides/deploying-a-pipeline#dataflow-runner-v2]
+and Beam 2.22.0 or later. See
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/documentation/runners/dataflow/) for 
+instructions for setting up Dataflow.
+
+Setup a virtual environment for running Beam Python programs. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/get-started/quickstart-py/) for prerequisites. 
+Dataflow requires the `gcp` tag. Assuming your work directory to be
+`/path/to/work`.
+
+```sh
+> export WORK_DIRECTORY=/path/to/work
+> cd $WORK_DIRECTORY
+> mkdir kafka_env
+> virtualenv kafka_env
+> . kafka_env/bin/activate
+> pip install -e .[gcp]
+```
+
+Run the Beam pipeline. You can either use the default Kafka topic name or 
+specify a Kafka topic name. Following command assumes Dataflow. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/get-started/quickstart-py/) for instructions on 
+running Beam Python programs on other runners. Note that you have to fill in 
+information mentioned within angle brackets (`<` and `>`).
+
+Note that this exemple is not available in Beam versions before 2.24.0 hence
+you'll have to either get the example program from Beam or follow steps
+provided in the section *Running the Example from a Beam Git Clone*.
+
+```sh
+>  python -m apache_beam.examples.kafkataxi.kafka_taxi --runner DataflowRunner 
--temp_location <GCS temp location> --project <GCP project>  --region <region> \
+   --num_workers 1 --job_name <job name> --bootstrap_servers $BOOTSTRAP_SERVER 
--experiments=use_runner_v2
+```
+
+## Running the Example from a Beam Git Clone
+
+Running this example from a Beam Git clone requires some additional steps.
+
+Checkout a clone of the Beam Git repo. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/contribute/) for prerequisites.
+
+Assume your Github username to be `GITHUB_USERNAME`.
+
+```sh
+> cd $WORK_DIRECTORY
+> git clone [email protected]:${GITHUB_USERNAME}/beam
+> cd beam
+```
+
+Build IO expansion service jar.
+
+```sh
+> ./gradlew :sdks:java:io:expansion-service:build
+```
+
+Push a java SDK Harness container to Docker Hub. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/documentation/runtime/environments/) for 
+prerequisites and additional information. Note that you have to fill in 
+information mentioned within angle brackets (`<` and `>`). Assume your Docker
+repository root to be `<Docker repository root>`.
+
+```sh
+> export DOCKER_ROOT=<Docker repository root>
+> ./gradlew :sdks:java:container:docker -Pdocker-repository-root=$DOCKER_ROOT 
-Pdocker-tag=latest
+> docker push $DOCKER_ROOT/beam_java_sdk:latest
+```
+
+For portable Flink/Spark in local mode, instead of above command just build the
+Java SDK harness container locally using the default values for repository root
+and the docker tag.
+
+Activate your Python virtual environment.  This example uses `virtualenv`. See 
+[here](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/BEAM/Python+Tips) for
+instructions regarding setting up other types of Python virtual environments.
+
+```sh
+> cd $WORK_DIRECTORY
+> mkdir kafka_env
+> virtualenv kafka_env
+> . kafka_env/bin/activate
+```
+
+Install Beam and dependencies and build a Beam distribution.
+
+```sh
+> cd beam/sdks/python
+> pip install -r build-requirements.txt
+> pip install -e .[gcp,test]
+> python setup.py sdist
+```
+
+Run the Beam pipeline. You can either use the default Kafka topic name or 
specify 
+a Kafka topic name. Following command assumes Dataflow. See 
+[here](https://beam.apache.org/get-started/quickstart-py/) for instructions on 
+running Beam Python programs on other runners.
+
+```sh
+>  python -m apache_beam.examples.kafkataxi.kafka_taxi --runner DataflowRunner 
--temp_location <GCS temp location> --project <GCP project>  --region <region> \

Review comment:
       Done.




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