diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 33905e3..f0b451b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e01ed3140b2f8d422c68afa1ed2e85d996ea619c988ac834d255db32138655cb"
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+ "syn 2.0.72",
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 [[package]]
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.72",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "r2d2",
  "r2d2_redis",
  "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rdkafka",
  "redis 0.26.0",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
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+ "syn 2.0.72",
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 [[package]]
@@ -721,7 +722,7 @@ dependencies = [
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- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.72",
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+ "syn 2.0.72",
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 [[package]]
@@ -799,7 +800,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "quote",
  "rustc_version",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.72",
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 [[package]]
@@ -828,7 +829,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "proc-macro2",
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+ "syn 2.0.72",
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+ "syn 2.0.72",
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 [[package]]
@@ -868,7 +869,7 @@ dependencies = [
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- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.72",
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+ "syn 2.0.72",
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+[[package]]
+name = "libz-sys"
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d2d16453e800a8cf6dd2fc3eb4bc99b786a9b90c663b8559a5b1a041bf89e472"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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@@ -1911,6 +1924,27 @@ dependencies = [
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+[[package]]
+name = "num_enum"
+version = "0.5.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1f646caf906c20226733ed5b1374287eb97e3c2a5c227ce668c1f2ce20ae57c9"
+dependencies = [
+ "num_enum_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num_enum_derive"
+version = "0.5.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dcbff9bc912032c62bf65ef1d5aea88983b420f4f839db1e9b0c281a25c9c799"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro-crate",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.72",
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 [[package]]
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  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.72",
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 [[package]]
@@ -2085,6 +2119,16 @@ dependencies = [
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+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro-crate"
+version = "1.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7f4c021e1093a56626774e81216a4ce732a735e5bad4868a03f3ed65ca0c3919"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+ "toml_edit",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.86"
@@ -2288,6 +2332,36 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_core 0.3.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rdkafka"
+version = "0.36.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1beea247b9a7600a81d4cc33f659ce1a77e1988323d7d2809c7ed1c21f4c316d"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-util",
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "rdkafka-sys",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "serde_json",
+ "slab",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rdkafka-sys"
+version = "4.7.0+2.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "55e0d2f9ba6253f6ec72385e453294f8618e9e15c2c6aba2a5c01ccf9622d615"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "libz-sys",
+ "num_enum",
+ "pkg-config",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rdrand"
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 dependencies = [
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  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.72",
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 [[package]]
@@ -2704,7 +2778,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.72",
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 [[package]]
@@ -2821,6 +2895,17 @@ version = "2.6.1"
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 checksum = "13c2bddecc57b384dee18652358fb23172facb8a2c51ccc10d74c157bdea3292"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "1.0.109"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "72b64191b275b66ffe2469e8af2c1cfe3bafa67b529ead792a6d0160888b4237"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "2.0.72"
@@ -2903,7 +2988,7 @@ checksum = "a4558b58466b9ad7ca0f102865eccc95938dca1a74a856f2b57b6629050da261"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.72",
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 [[package]]
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  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.72",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3026,6 +3111,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
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+[[package]]
+name = "toml_datetime"
+version = "0.6.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0dd7358ecb8fc2f8d014bf86f6f638ce72ba252a2c3a2572f2a795f1d23efb41"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "toml_edit"
+version = "0.19.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1b5bb770da30e5cbfde35a2d7b9b8a2c4b8ef89548a7a6aeab5c9a576e3e7421"
+dependencies = [
+ "indexmap 2.2.6",
+ "toml_datetime",
+ "winnow",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "totp-rs"
 version = "5.6.0"
@@ -3221,7 +3323,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.72",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
@@ -3255,7 +3357,7 @@ checksum = "e94f17b526d0a461a191c78ea52bbce64071ed5c04c9ffe424dcb38f74171bb7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.72",
  "wasm-bindgen-backend",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
@@ -3465,6 +3567,15 @@ version = "0.52.6"
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+[[package]]
+name = "winnow"
+version = "0.5.40"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f593a95398737aeed53e489c785df13f3618e41dbcd6718c6addbf1395aa6876"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
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 dependencies = [
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  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.72",
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diff --git a/crates/api/Cargo.toml b/crates/api/Cargo.toml
index c626ee0..35a9e4d 100644
--- a/crates/api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/api/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ tokio = "1.39.1"
 redis = "0.26.0"
 deadpool-redis = "0.15.1"
 r2d2_redis = "0.14.0"
+rdkafka = "0.36.2"
diff --git a/crates/api/src/main.rs b/crates/api/src/main.rs
index ee5ea08..1b082a8 100644
--- a/crates/api/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/api/src/main.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
 
 use db::fns::initialize_db_pool;
 mod auth;
+mod kafka;
 mod middlewares;
 mod redis;
 mod route;