# Apache Kafka

**Integration type**: `Push`

When placed as a first task in a workflow, **external\_trigger** allows you to trigger pipelines with streaming data from your data streaming platforms like Apache Kafka to make it 100% real-time.

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The open-source library that can trigger pipelines from it is hosted on our Github: <https://github.com/ylem-co/ylem-kafka-trigger>