def committed(self, partition):
        """Get the last committed offset for the given partition.

        This offset will be used as the position for the consumer
        in the event of a failure.

        This call may block to do a remote call if the partition in question
        isn't assigned to this consumer or if the consumer hasn't yet
        initialized its cache of committed offsets.

        Arguments:
            partition (TopicPartition): The partition to check.

        Returns:
            The last committed offset, or None if there was no prior commit.
        """
        assert self.config['api_version'] >= (0, 8, 1), 'Requires >= Kafka 0.8.1'
        assert self.config['group_id'] is not None, 'Requires group_id'
        if not isinstance(partition, TopicPartition):
            raise TypeError('partition must be a TopicPartition namedtuple')
        if self._subscription.is_assigned(partition):
            committed = self._subscription.assignment[partition].committed
            if committed is None:
                self._coordinator.refresh_committed_offsets_if_needed()
                committed = self._subscription.assignment[partition].committed
        else:
            commit_map = self._coordinator.fetch_committed_offsets([partition])
            if partition in commit_map:
                committed = commit_map[partition].offset
            else:
                committed = None
        return committed
Get the last committed offset for the given partition.

        This offset will be used as the position for the consumer
        in the event of a failure.

        This call may block to do a remote call if the partition in question
        isn't assigned to this consumer or if the consumer hasn't yet
        initialized its cache of committed offsets.

        Arguments:
            partition (TopicPartition): The partition to check.

        Returns:
            The last committed offset, or None if there was no prior commit.