Platform for multi-stream sampling and visualization

A system comprising:

• memory embodied with instructions that cause a processor to:
• receive a request for access to a first data stream, the request comprising connection information for a first stream producer supplying the first data stream using a first stream platform;
• receive a sample of the first data stream;
• parse the sample of the first data stream to identify a data type and a corresponding data value in the sample, wherein parsing the sample of the first data stream comprises identifying a message type associated with the sample by analyzing a schema of a message of the sample;
• and
• display, on a user interface (UI), a stream preview UI portion showing visual representations of the identified data type and the corresponding data value in a visual format that differs from the sample of the first data stream.

A method comprising:

• providing a unified stream platform capable of interacting with different stream platforms using common abstracted functions that sample data streams at least one of upon receipt of a first data event, upon occurrence of a system error, or according to a sample timeframe;
• receiving a request for access to a first data stream, the request comprising connection information for a first stream producer;
• accessing the first data stream from the first stream producer using the common abstracted functions;
• parsing a sample of the first data stream to identify a data type and a corresponding data value in the sample, wherein parsing the sample of the first data stream comprises identifying a message type associated with the sample by analyzing a schema of a message of the sample;
• and
• displaying, on a user interface (UI), a stream preview UI portion showing visual representations of the identified data type and the corresponding data value in a visual format that differs from the sample of the first data stream.