cat << EOF > file-connector.json
{
 "name": "file-connector\r",
 "config": {
 "topic": "kafka-connect-logs\r",
 "tasks.max": "1",
 "file": "/var/log/ansible-confluent/connect.log",
 "connector.class": "org.apache.kafka.connect.file.FileStreamSourceConnector"
 }
}
EOF
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" -d @file-connector.json localhost:8083/connectors 

[2017-03-01 18:25:23,895] WARN (org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler)
javax.servlet.ServletException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal character in path at index 27: /connectors/file-connector4
 at org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.WebComponent.serviceImpl(WebComponent.java:489)
 at org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.WebComponent.service(WebComponent.java:427)
 at org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer.service(ServletContainer.java:388)
 at org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer.service(ServletContainer.java:341)
 at org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer.service(ServletContainer.java:228)
 at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:812)
 at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:587)
 at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:221)
 at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:1127)
 at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:515)
 at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:185)
 at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:1061)
 at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:141)
 at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:110)
 at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:97)
 at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.StatisticsHandler.handle(StatisticsHandler.java:159)
 at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:97)
 at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:499)
 at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannel.handle(HttpChannel.java:311)
 at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnection.onFillable(HttpConnection.java:257)
 at org.eclipse.jetty.io.AbstractConnection$2.run(AbstractConnection.java:544)
 at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool.runJob(QueuedThreadPool.java:635)
 at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool$3.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:555)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal character in path at index 27: /connectors/file-connector4
 at java.net.URI.create(URI.java:852)
 at org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.rest.resources.ConnectorsResource.createConnector(ConnectorsResource.java:100)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
 at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.internal.ResourceMethodInvocationHandlerFactory$1.invoke(ResourceMethodInvocationHandlerFactory.java:81)
 at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.internal.AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher$1.run(AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher.java:144)
 at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.internal.AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher.invoke(AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher.java:161)
 at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.internal.JavaResourceMethodDispatcherProvider$ResponseOutInvoker.doDispatch(JavaResourceMethodDispatcherProvider.java:160)
 at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.internal.AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher.dispatch(AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher.java:99)
 at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.ResourceMethodInvoker.invoke(ResourceMethodInvoker.java:389)
 at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.ResourceMethodInvoker.apply(ResourceMethodInvoker.java:347)
 at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.ResourceMethodInvoker.apply(ResourceMethodInvoker.java:102)
 at org.glassfish.jersey.server.ServerRuntime$2.run(ServerRuntime.java:326)
 at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors$1.call(Errors.java:271)
 at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors$1.call(Errors.java:267)
 at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors.process(Errors.java:315)
 at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors.process(Errors.java:297)
 at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors.process(Errors.java:267)
 at org.glassfish.jersey.process.internal.RequestScope.runInScope(RequestScope.java:317)
 at org.glassfish.jersey.server.ServerRuntime.process(ServerRuntime.java:305)
 at org.glassfish.jersey.server.ApplicationHandler.handle(ApplicationHandler.java:1154)
 at org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.WebComponent.serviceImpl(WebComponent.java:473)
 ... 23 more
Caused by: java.net.URISyntaxException: Illegal character in path at index 27: /connectors/file-connector4
 at java.net.URI$Parser.fail(URI.java:2848)
 at java.net.URI$Parser.checkChars(URI.java:3021)
 at java.net.URI$Parser.parseHierarchical(URI.java:3105)
 at java.net.URI$Parser.parse(URI.java:3063)
 at java.net.URI.<init>(URI.java:588)
 at java.net.URI.create(URI.java:850)
 ... 46 more