A Python client driver for `Apache Cassandra <http://cassandra.apache.org>`_.

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 <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html>`_.

The source code for this driver can be found on `Github <http://github.com/datastax/python-driver>`_.

Contents

:doc:`installation`

How to install the driver.

:doc:`getting_started`

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

:doc:`api/index`

The API documentation.

:doc:`upgrading`

A guide to upgrading versions of the driver.

:doc:`performance`

Tips for getting good performance.

:doc:`query_paging`

Notes on paging large query results.

:doc:`security`

An overview of the security features of the driver.

Getting Help

Please send questions to the `mailing list <https://groups.google.com/a/lists.datastax.com/forum/#!forum/python-driver-user>`_.

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 <http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#datastax-drivers>`_.

Reporting Issues

Please report any bugs and make any feature requests on the

`JIRA <https://datastax-oss.atlassian.net/browse/PYTHON>`_ issue tracker.

If you would like to contribute, please feel free to open a pull request.

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