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Python Cassandra Driver

A Python client driver for Apache Cassandra. This driver works exclusively with the Cassandra Query Language v3 (CQL3) and Cassandra's native protocol. Cassandra 1.2+ is supported.

The driver supports Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.3, and 3.4.

This driver is open source under the Apache v2 License. The source code for this driver can be found on GitHub.

Contents

installation

How to install the driver.

getting_started

A guide through the first steps of connecting to Cassandra and executing queries

object_mapper

Introduction to the integrated object mapper, cqlengine

api/index

The API documentation.

upgrading

A guide to upgrading versions of the driver

execution_profiles

An introduction to a more flexible way of configuring request execution

performance

Tips for getting good performance.

query_paging

Notes on paging large query results

lwt

Working with results of conditional requests

user_defined_types

Working with Cassandra 2.1's user-defined types

security

An overview of the security features of the driver

dates_and_times

Some discussion on the driver's approach to working with timestamp, date, time types

faq

A collection of Frequently Asked Questions

api/index installation getting_started upgrading execution_profiles performance query_paging lwt security user_defined_types object_mapper dates_and_times faq

Getting Help

Visit the FAQ section <faq> in this documentation.

Please send questions to the mailing list.

Alternatively, you can use IRC. Connect to the #datastax-drivers channel on irc.freenode.net. If you don't have an IRC client, you can use freenode's web-based client.

Reporting Issues

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.