node-cassandra-cql For Linux

node-cassandra-cql is an open source that provides a CQL driver for the Apache Cassandra CQL3 binary protocol, implemented in Node.js. CQL (Contextual Query Language) is a query language for the Apache Cassandra project. It lets users to get a cell by column name, simply by using row.get('first_name').

Being written in plain old JavaScript, there’s no need to generate thrift files when using node-cassandra-cql. The project features parameters in queries, bigints support, connection pooling for multiple hosts, automatic failover, load balancing, support for UUID, field and row streaming,

For your convenience, the software is distributed as a universal sources archive in the tar or zip file format from GitHub, where you can also grab the latest nightly source code. To use it in your project, download the latest version from the project’s official website or via Softpedia.

Save the archive on a location of your choice and unpack its contents using your favorite archive manager. Make sure that you check the node-cassandra-cql’s homepage (see link below) for comprehensive information on how to use the API, the Connection class, logging and data types.

Those of you who want to see the node-cassandra-cql in action, can take a close look at the following lines of code...

//Creating a new connection pool to multiple hosts. var cql = require('node-cassandra-cql'); var client = new cql.Client({hosts: ['host1', 'host2'], keyspace: 'keyspace1'}); client.execute('SELECT key, email, last_name FROM user_profiles WHERE key=?', ['jbay'],     function(err, result) {       if (err) console.log('execute failed');      else console.log('got user profile with email ' + result.rows[0].email);     } );