DataStax Node.js driver

Use the unified DataStax Node.js driver to connect to your DataStax Astra database and begin building your own application.

DataStax recommends using the unified DataStax Node.js driver. If you have an existing Apache Cassandra or DataStax Enterprise (DSE) Node.js driver, migrate the driver to a version that is capable of connecting to Astra databases.

Prerequisites

Download the secure connect bundle to obtain connection credentials for your DataStax Astra database.
Download and install a current Node.js LTS version with npm.
Client ID and Client Secret by creating your application token for your username and password.

Alternatively, have a teammate provide access to their Astra database.

Procedure

Install the DataStax Node.js driver:
```
npm install cassandra-driver
```
Create a connect-database.js file in the main directory for your Node.js project.
```
cd nodejsProject
touch connect-database.js
```

Copy the following connection code into the connect-database.js file.

Include the absolute path to the secure connect bundle for your Cassandra database (secure-connect-database_name.zip) in the secureConnectBundle parameter, as shown in the following examples.

'use strict'
const { Client } = require('cassandra-driver');

After the Client class, add the following code to connect-database.js. This code creates a Client instance to connect to your Astra database, runs a CQL query, and prints the output to the console.

async function run() {
  const client = new Client({
    cloud: { secureConnectBundle: 'path/to/secure-connect-database_name.zip' },
    credentials: { username: 'clientId', password: 'clientSecret' }
  });

  await client.connect();

  // Execute a query
  const rs = await client.execute('SELECT * FROM system.local');
  console.log(`Hello from cluster: ${rs.first()['cluster_name']}`);

  await client.shutdown();
}

// Run the async function
run();

Save and close the connect-database.js file.
Run the connect-database.js example with the Node.js runtime:
```
node connect-database.js
```

The console output displays the cluster_name value from the system.local table.