Install a Driver¶

Rust developers can use specialized drivers that provide asynchronous, non-blocking access to ScyllaDB. These drivers are designed to leverage Rust’s performance and safety features, ensuring efficient and secure database operations.

The installation typically involves adding the driver as a dependency in your Cargo.toml file and configuring it to connect to your ScyllaDB instance.

Run the following Cargo command in the project directory:

cargo add scylla

Or add the relevant version to your Cargo.toml following instructions on crates.io.

• See the Rust Driver documentation for details.

• Learn how to use the Rust Driver on ScyllaDB University.

For Python developers, ScyllaDB has forked the Python client driver for CQL, adding enhanced capabilities that take advantage of ScyllaDB’s architecture.

pip is the suggested tool for installing packages. It will install the Python driver and all required Python dependencies. Run the following command:

pip install scylla-driver

• See the Python Driver documentation for details.

• Learn how to use Python with ScyllaDB on ScyllaDB University.

For Java developers, ScyllaDB has forked the Java client driver for CQL, adding enhanced capabilities that take advantage of ScyllaDB’s architecture.

Maven is the suggested tool for managing dependencies, and the driver artifacts are published in Maven central, under the group id com.scylladb. You should include the following dependencies:

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.scylladb</groupId>
  <artifactId>java-driver-core</artifactId>
  <version>${driver.version}</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.scylladb</groupId>
  <artifactId>java-driver-query-builder</artifactId>
  <version>${driver.version}</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.scylladb</groupId>
  <artifactId>java-driver-mapper-runtime</artifactId>
  <version>${driver.version}</version>
</dependency>

• See the Java Driver documentation for details.

• Learn how to use Java with ScyllaDB on ScyllaDB University.

For Golang developers, ScyllaDB has forked the GoCQL client driver for CQL, adding enhanced capabilities that take advantage of ScyllaDB’s architecture.

This is a drop-in replacement for gocql, and it reuses the github.com/gocql/gocql import path.

To install the driver:

1. Add the following line to your project go.mod file:

   replace github.com/gocql/gocql => github.com/scylladb/gocql latest
   

2. Run:

   go mod tidy
   

• See the Go Driver documentation for details.

• Learn how to use Go with ScyllaDB on ScyllaDB University.

For JavaScript developers, ScyllaDB can use the Cassandra driver for CQL. yarn is the suggested tool for installing packages and required dependencies.

Run the following command:

yarn install cassandra-driver

• Alternatively, you can use npm to install packages with the same name.

• Learn how to use Node.js with ScyllaDB on ScyllaDB University.

See ScyllaDB CQL Drivers for a full list of drivers supported by ScyllaDB.