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+# Copyright Spack Project Developers. See COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+
+from spack.package import *
+
+
+class PyConfluentKafka(PythonPackage):
+    """Confluent's Kafka Python Client."""
+
+    homepage = "https://docs.confluent.io/kafka-clients/python"
+    pypi = "confluent-kafka/confluent-kafka-2.6.0.tar.gz"
+
+    license("Apache-2.0", checked_by="github_user1")
+
+    version("2.6.0", sha256="f7afe69639bd2ab15404dd46a76e06213342a23cb5642d873342847cb2198c87")
+
+    depends_on("c", type="build")
+    depends_on("py-setuptools", type="build")
+    depends_on("librdkafka@2.6.0:")