automated-testing-demo/producer/Producer.cs

using System;
using System.Text.Json;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Confluent.Kafka;
using Serializers;
using Model;
using Publisher;

class Producer
{
    public static string TOPIC_NAME = "test-topic";
    public static async Task Main (string[] args)
    {
        string bootstrapServers = "localhost:29092";
        var DataPublisher = new DataPublisher(TOPIC_NAME, bootstrapServers);

        string introText = "\nType a string of text then press Enter. Type '+' anywhere in the text to quit:\n";
        var input = "";

        Console.WriteLine(introText);
        do
        {
            input = Console.ReadLine();
            try
            {
                if (input != String.Empty)
                {
                    var data = new DataModel()
                    {
                        message = input
                    };

                    await DataPublisher.Publish(data);
                }
                
            }
            catch (OverflowException e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("An error has occurred", e.Message, input);
                Console.WriteLine(introText);
            }
        } 
        while (input != "+");
        
    }
}