It seems that the pack is not compatible with python 3.8 used in stackstorm 3.7.0.
It uses a dependency kafka-python>=0.9.4,<1.0 which is not compatible with python 3.8 (uses a newly reserved keyword: async).
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/stackstorm/st2/lib/python3.8/site-packages/python_runner/python_action_wrapper.py", line 264, in _get_action_instance
actions_cls = action_loader.register_plugin(Action, self._file_path)
File "/opt/stackstorm/st2/lib/python3.8/site-packages/st2common/util/loader.py", line 173, in register_plugin
module = imp.load_source(module_name, plugin_abs_file_path)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/imp.py", line 171, in load_source
module = _load(spec)
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 702, in _load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 671, in _load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 848, in exec_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "/opt/stackstorm/packs/kafka/actions/produce.py", line 2, in <module>
from kafka import SimpleProducer, KafkaClient
File "/opt/stackstorm/virtualenvs/kafka/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kafka/__init__.py", line 12, in <module>
from kafka.producer import SimpleProducer, KeyedProducer
File "/opt/stackstorm/virtualenvs/kafka/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kafka/producer/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
from .simple import SimpleProducer
File "/opt/stackstorm/virtualenvs/kafka/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kafka/producer/simple.py", line 58
return '<SimpleProducer batch=%s>' % self.async
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
It seems that the pack is not compatible with python 3.8 used in stackstorm 3.7.0.
It uses a dependency
kafka-python>=0.9.4,<1.0
which is not compatible with python 3.8 (uses a newly reserved keyword: async).