@Test
public void testReadingFromKinesisNRecords() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
final ActorSystem system = ActorSystem.create("foo");
final Materializer materializer = ActorMaterializer.create(system);
ProfileCredentialsProvider profileCredentialsProvider = ProfileCredentialsProvider.create();
final KinesisAsyncClient kinesisClient = KinesisAsyncClient.builder()
.credentialsProvider(profileCredentialsProvider)
.region(Region.US_WEST_2)
.httpClient(AkkaHttpClient.builder()
.withActorSystem(system).build())
.build();
system.registerOnTermination(kinesisClient::close);
String streamName = "akka-test-stream";
String shardId = "shardId-000000000000";
int numberOfRecordsToRead = 3;
final ShardSettings settings = ShardSettings.create(streamName, shardId)
.withRefreshInterval(Duration.ofSeconds(1))
.withLimit(numberOfRecordsToRead) // return a maximum of n records (and quit?!)
.withShardIterator(ShardIterators.latest());
final Source<Record, NotUsed> sourceKinesisBasic = KinesisSource.basic(settings, kinesisClient);
Flow<Record, String, NotUsed> flowMapRecordToString = Flow.of(Record.class).map(record -> extractDataFromRecord(record));
Flow<String, String, NotUsed> flowPrinter = Flow.of(String.class).map(s -> debugPrint(s));
//    Flow<String, List<String>, NotUsed> flowGroupedWithinMinute =
//        Flow.of(String.class).groupedWithin(
//            numberOfRecordsToRead, // group size
//            Duration.ofSeconds(60) // group time
//        );
Source<String, NotUsed> sourceStringsFromKinesisRecords = sourceKinesisBasic
.via(flowMapRecordToString)
.via(flowPrinter);
//        .via(flowGroupedWithinMinute); // nope
// sink to list of strings
//    Sink<String, CompletionStage<List<String>>> sinkToList = Sink.seq();
Sink<String, CompletionStage<List<String>>> sink10 = Sink.takeLast(10);
//    Sink<String, CompletionStage<String>> sinkHead = Sink.head(); // only gives you one message
CompletionStage<List<String>> streamCompletion = sourceStringsFromKinesisRecords
.runWith(sink10, materializer);
CompletableFuture<List<String>> completableFuture = streamCompletion.toCompletableFuture();
completableFuture.join(); // never stops running...
List<String> result = completableFuture.get();
int foo = 1;
}
private String extractDataFromRecord(Record record) {
String encType = record.encryptionTypeAsString();
Instant arrivalTimestamp = record.approximateArrivalTimestamp();
String data = record.data().asString(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
return data;
}
private String debugPrint(String s) {
System.out.println(s);
return s;
}

...
Flow<String, String, NotUsed> flowTakeN = Flow.of(String.class).take(numberOfRecordsToRead);
Source<String, NotUsed> sourceStringsFromKinesisRecords = sourceKinesisBasic
.via(flowMapRecordToString)
.via(flowPrinter)
.via(flowTakeN);
...

Source<String, NotUsed> sourceStringsFromKinesisRecords = sourceKinesisBasic
    .map(record -> extractDataFromRecord(record))
    .map(s -> debugPrint(s))
    .take(10)