If you land here, then you need it absolutely. I used to get stuck with it so I think it’s helpful somehow to you guys out there. Enjoy!

Problem:

Cannot install snappy, a prerequisite for heroku-kafka plugin via npm, which is basically derived from failure of node-gyp rebuild.

Solution:

1. Create a new C++ project in VS 2015. It will install necessary libraries and sdk for snappy installation

2. Update nodejs and node-gyp using npm -g install npm@next

3. Install snappy

4. Install heroku kafka plugin

You’re done. Congrats! Enjoy streaming!