# Using custom Kafka headers for advanced message processing

DevFeed: [Using custom Kafka headers for advanced message processing](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/using-custom-kafka-headers-for-advanced-message-processing-18736.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.tinybird.co/blog/using-custom-kafka-headers>)

Author: Alejandro Martín

Published: 2023-05-16T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Tinybird](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tinybird.md>)

Topics: [Kafka](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kafka.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/real-time.md>)

Tags: [analytics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/analytics.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [kafka](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kafka.md>), [learn](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learn.md>), [pipelines](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pipelines.md>), [product-updates](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product-updates.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/real-time.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains the purpose of Kafka headers and how to use custom headers when building real-time analytics pipelines.

## Source excerpt

Kafka headers carry metadata most teams ignore. Learn what they're for and how to build real-time analytics pipelines using them.