Check for 0.8.2 GroupCoordinator quirk in BrokerConnection

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kafka/conn.py b/kafka/conn.py
index e13913f..d713b56 100644
--- a/kafka/conn.py
+++ b/kafka/conn.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import kafka.common as Errors
 from kafka.common import ConnectionError
 from kafka.future import Future
 from kafka.protocol.api import RequestHeader
+from kafka.protocol.commit import GroupCoordinatorResponse
 from kafka.protocol.types import Int32
 from kafka.version import __version__
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ class BrokerConnection(object):
         'max_in_flight_requests_per_connection': 5,
         'receive_buffer_bytes': 32768,
         'send_buffer_bytes': 131072,
+        'api_version': (0, 8, 2),  # default to most restrictive
     }
 
     def __init__(self, host, port, **configs):
@@ -278,7 +280,17 @@ class BrokerConnection(object):
 
         # verify send/recv correlation ids match
         recv_correlation_id = Int32.decode(read_buffer)
-        if ifr.correlation_id != recv_correlation_id:
+
+        # 0.8.2 quirk
+        if (self.config['api_version'] == (0, 8, 2) and
+            ifr.response_type is GroupCoordinatorResponse and
+            recv_correlation_id == 0):
+            raise Errors.KafkaError(
+                'Kafka 0.8.2 quirk -- try creating a topic first')
+
+        elif ifr.correlation_id != recv_correlation_id:
+
+
             error = Errors.CorrelationIdError(
                 'Correlation ids do not match: sent %d, recv %d'
                 % (ifr.correlation_id, recv_correlation_id))