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{: #rest_connect}
** The Kafka REST API is available as part of the Standard plan only.**
To connect to {{site.data.keyword.messagehub}}, the Kafka REST API uses the api_key and kafka_rest_url
credentials from the VCAP_SERVICES environment variable.
To authenticate with the {{site.data.keyword.messagehub}} Kafka REST API, you must specify the api_key in the X-Auth-Token header of your requests.