feat: use avro by default and fallback on string on failure

src-tauri/src/api/consumer.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use log::warn;
+
 use super::{ error::Result, AppState };
 use crate::lib::{ ConsumerOffsetConfiguration, ConsumerState, ParserMode, ParsedKafkaRecord };
 
@@ -38,7 +40,17 @@ pub async fn get_record(
     let cluster = state.get_cluster_by_id(&cluster_id).await;
     let consumer = cluster.get_consumer(&topic).await;
     match consumer.get_record(index).await {
-        Some(r) => Ok(Some(cluster.parser.parse_record(r, ParserMode::Avro).await?)),
+        Some(r) => {
+            let avro_record = cluster.parser.parse_record(r.clone(), ParserMode::Avro).await;
+            let parsed = match avro_record {
+                Ok(res) => res,
+                Err(_) => {
+                    warn!("Unable to parse record with avro. Topic: {} Index : {}", topic, index);
+                    cluster.parser.parse_record(r, ParserMode::String).await?
+                }
+            };
+            Ok(Some(parsed))
+        }
         None => Ok(None),
     }
 }

src/pages/topics/consumer-modal.tsx

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ const ModalBody = ({ cluster, topicName }: ConsumerModalProps) => {
   const form = useForm<ConsumerForm>({
     initialValues: {
       from: "End",
-      useAvro: cluster.schemaRegistry ? true : false,
       dateInterval: [nowUTC, nowUTC],
       onlyBeginning: false,
       timeInterval: [zeroUTC, zeroUTC],
@@ -76,12 +75,6 @@ const ModalBody = ({ cluster, topicName }: ConsumerModalProps) => {
           </Text>
         </Stack>
         <Divider />
-        <Checkbox
-          disabled={cluster.schemaRegistry === undefined}
-          label="Use Avro (with schema registry)"
-          {...form.getInputProps("useAvro", { type: "checkbox" })}
-        />
-        <Divider />
         <Title size={15}>Start consuming from</Title>
         <Chip.Group position="left" multiple={false} {...form.getInputProps("from")}>
           <Chip value="End">End</Chip>
@@ -121,7 +114,6 @@ export const dateTimeToUnixTimeMs = (dateUTC: Date, timeUTC: Date): number => {
 
 type ConsumerForm = {
   from: "Beginning" | "End" | "Custom";
-  useAvro: boolean;
   dateInterval: [Date, Date];
   timeInterval: [Date, Date];
   onlyBeginning: boolean;