diff --git a/functions/extensions/kafka/README.md b/functions/extensions/kafka/README.md
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+```
+curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kafka/master/docker-compose.yml > docker-compose.yml
+docker-compose up -d
+```
diff --git a/functions/extensions/kafka/docker-compose.yml b/functions/extensions/kafka/docker-compose.yml
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+version: "2"
+
+services:
+  zookeeper:
+    image: docker.io/bitnami/zookeeper:3
+    ports:
+      - "2181:2181"
+    volumes:
+      - "zookeeper_data:/bitnami"
+    environment:
+      - ALLOW_ANONYMOUS_LOGIN=yes
+  kafka:
+    image: docker.io/bitnami/kafka:2
+    ports:
+      - "9092:9092"
+    volumes:
+      - "kafka_data:/bitnami"
+    environment:
+      - KAFKA_CFG_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT=zookeeper:2181
+      - ALLOW_PLAINTEXT_LISTENER=yes
+    depends_on:
+      - zookeeper
+
+volumes:
+  zookeeper_data:
+    driver: local
+  kafka_data:
+    driver: local
diff --git a/functions/extensions/kafka/kafka_local.py b/functions/extensions/kafka/kafka_local.py
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+import json 
+import os
+import requests
+from time import sleep
+from kafka import KafkaProducer, KafkaConsumer
+import kafka
+
+shuffle_url = os.getenv("SHUFFLE_URL")
+shuffle_apikey = os.getenv("SHUFFLE_APIKEY")
+shuffle_workflow = os.getenv("SHUFFLE_WORKFLOW")
+    
+headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer %s" % shuffle_apikey}
+topic = "workflow_%s" % shuffle_workflow
+server = "localhost:9092"
+def produce():
+    print("Starting producer")
+    producer = KafkaProducer(
+        bootstrap_servers=[server],
+        value_serializer=lambda x:
+        json.dumps(x).encode('utf-8')
+    )
+    
+    print("Adding data!")
+    for e in range(15):
+        data = {"some": e, "data": "luuuuul"}
+
+        try:
+            ret = producer.send(topic, value=data)
+            print(ret.get())
+        except kafka.errors.KafkaTimeoutError as e:
+            print("Kafka error: %s" % e)
+            continue
+
+def consume():
+    print("Starting consumer")
+    consumer = KafkaConsumer(
+        topic,
+        bootstrap_servers=[server],
+        auto_offset_reset="earliest",
+        enable_auto_commit=True,
+        value_deserializer=lambda x: json.loads(x.decode('utf-8'))
+    )
+
+    print("Getting data")
+    for message in consumer:
+        message = message.value
+        print("MSG: ", message)
+        ret = requests.post("%s/api/v1/%s/execute" % shuffle_url, headers=headers, data=message)
+        print(ret.status_code)
+        print(ret.text)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    produce()
+    #consume()
diff --git a/functions/extensions/kafka/requirements.txt b/functions/extensions/kafka/requirements.txt
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+kafka
+kafka-python