diff --git a/producer/kafka_writer.go b/producer/kafka_writer.go
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+package producer
+
+import (
+    // "fmt"
+    "log"
+    // "io/ioutil"
+    "encoding/binary"
+
+    // data "com.navi.medici.janus/data"
+
+    "github.com/Shopify/sarama"
+)
+
+func KafkaWriter(producer sarama.SyncProducer, topic string, messageToSendBytes []byte) {
+
+    // to be of the format [magicByte] + [schemaID] + [messageIndex] + [value]
+    recordValue := []byte{}
+
+    // add [magicByte]
+    recordValue = append(recordValue, byte(0))
+
+    // add schemaID]
+    schemaIDBytes := make([]byte, 4)
+    binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(schemaIDBytes, uint32(schemaVersionMap[topic]))
+    recordValue = append(recordValue, schemaIDBytes...)
+
+    // add [messageIndex]
+    messageIndexBytes := []byte{byte(2), byte(0)}
+    recordValue = append(recordValue, messageIndexBytes...)
+
+    // Now write the bytes from the actual value...
+    // valueBytes, _ := proto.Marshal(&sensorReading)
+    recordValue = append(recordValue, messageToSendBytes...)
+
+	msg := &sarama.ProducerMessage{
+        Topic: topic,
+        Value: sarama.ByteEncoder(recordValue),
+    }
+
+    partition, offset, error := producer.SendMessage(msg)
+    if error != nil {
+        log.Fatalln("Failed to write to kafka:", error)
+    }
+    log.Printf("Partition: ", partition)
+    log.Printf("Offset: ", offset)
+    // log.Printf(error)
+    // log.Printf("Pixel sent: %s", messageToSend)
+
+}