A Python client driver for Apache Cassandra. This driver works exclusively with the Cassandra Query Language v3 (CQL3) and Cassandra's native protocol. Cassandra 2.1+ is supported.
The driver supports Python 2.7, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6.
This driver is open source under the Apache v2 License. The source code for this driver can be found on GitHub.
Note: DataStax products do not support big-endian systems.
- :doc:`installation`
- How to install the driver.
- :doc:`getting_started`
- A guide through the first steps of connecting to Cassandra and executing queries
- :doc:`object_mapper`
- Introduction to the integrated object mapper, cqlengine
- :doc:`api/index`
- The API documentation.
- :doc:`upgrading`
- A guide to upgrading versions of the driver
- :doc:`execution_profiles`
- An introduction to a more flexible way of configuring request execution
- :doc:`performance`
- Tips for getting good performance.
- :doc:`query_paging`
- Notes on paging large query results
- :doc:`lwt`
- Working with results of conditional requests
- :doc:`user_defined_types`
- Working with Cassandra 2.1's user-defined types
- :doc:`security`
- An overview of the security features of the driver
- :doc:`dates_and_times`
- Some discussion on the driver's approach to working with timestamp, date, time types
- :doc:`faq`
- A collection of Frequently Asked Questions
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Visit the :doc:`FAQ section <faq>` in this documentation.
Please send questions to the mailing list.
Alternatively, you can use the #datastax-drivers channel in the DataStax Acadamy Slack to ask questions in real time.
Please report any bugs and make any feature requests on the JIRA issue tracker.
If you would like to contribute, please feel free to open a pull request.