DataStax C/C++ Driver for Apache Cassandra

A modern, feature-rich, and highly tunable C/C++ client library for Apache Cassandra (1.2+) and DataStax Enterprise (3.1+) using exclusively Cassandra’s native protocol and Cassandra Query Language v3.

Code: https://github.com/datastax/cpp-driver
Binaries: http://downloads.datastax.com/cpp-driver/
Docs: http://datastax.github.io/cpp-driver
JIRA: https://datastax-oss.atlassian.net/browse/CPP
Mailing List: https://groups.google.com/a/lists.datastax.com/forum/#!forum/cpp-driver-user
IRC: #datastax-drivers on irc.freenode.net <http://freenode.net>

What’s New in 2.1

Support for Cassandra 2.1 (CQL protocol version 3)
Tuples and UDTs
Nested collections
Retry policies
Client-side timestamps
Data types
Idle connection heartbeats
Support for disabling schema metadata

More information about all the changes found in the 2.1 release can be found in 2.1 beta and 2.1 GA blog posts and in the changelog.

Upgrading from 1.0 to 2.0

There were a couple breaking API changes between 1.0 and 2.0 that are documented here.

Features

Asynchronous API
Simple, Prepared, and Batch statements
Asynchronous I/O, parallel execution, and request pipelining
Connection pooling
Automatic node discovery
Automatic reconnection
Configurable load balancing
Works with any cluster size
Compatibility with binary protocol version 1 and 2
Authentication
SSL
Latency-aware routing
Performance metrics

Examples

There are several examples provided here: examples.

A Simple Example

#include <cassandra.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
  /* Setup and connect to cluster */
  CassFuture* connect_future = NULL;
  CassCluster* cluster = cass_cluster_new();
  CassSession* session = cass_session_new();

  /* Add contact points */
  cass_cluster_set_contact_points(cluster, "127.0.0.1,127.0.0.2,127.0.0.3");

  /* Provide the cluster object as configuration to connect the session */
  connect_future = cass_session_connect(session, cluster);

  if (cass_future_error_code(connect_future) == CASS_OK) {
    CassFuture* close_future = NULL;

    /* Build statement and execute query */
    CassStatement* statement
      = cass_statement_new("SELECT keyspace_name "
                           "FROM system.schema_keyspaces", 0);

    CassFuture* result_future = cass_session_execute(session, statement);

    if(cass_future_error_code(result_future) == CASS_OK) {
      /* Retrieve result set and iterate over the rows */
      const CassResult* result = cass_future_get_result(result_future);
      CassIterator* rows = cass_iterator_from_result(result);

      while(cass_iterator_next(rows)) {
        const CassRow* row = cass_iterator_get_row(rows);
        const CassValue* value = cass_row_get_column_by_name(row, "keyspace_name");

        const char* keyspace;
        size_t keyspace_length;
        cass_value_get_string(value, &keyspace, &keyspace_length);
        printf("keyspace_name: '%.*s'\n",
               (int)keyspace_length, keyspace);
      }

      cass_result_free(result);
      cass_iterator_free(rows);
    } else {
      /* Handle error */
      const char* message;
      size_t message_length;
      cass_future_error_message(result_future, &message, &message_length);
      fprintf(stderr, "Unable to run query: '%.*s'\n",
              (int)message_length, message);
    }

    cass_statement_free(statement);
    cass_future_free(result_future);

    /* Close the session */
    close_future = cass_session_close(session);
    cass_future_wait(close_future);
    cass_future_free(close_future);
  } else {
    /* Handle error */
    const char* message;
    size_t message_length;
    cass_future_error_message(connect_future, &message, &message_length);
    fprintf(stderr, "Unable to connect: '%.*s'\n",
            (int)message_length, message);
  }

  cass_future_free(connect_future);
  cass_cluster_free(cluster);
  cass_session_free(session);

  return 0;
}

License

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the “License”); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an “AS IS” BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.