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TypeDB Drivers

Welcome to the TypeDB driver documentation!

Introduction

To build an application on TypeDB, we need to use a TypeDB language driver to communicate with the server.

TypeDB drivers implement the TypeDB RPC protocol and provide language-specific native APIs. They are available for some of the most popular programming languages: Rust, Python, and Java. Drivers for Node.js, C#, C++, and C are soon to be published.

Rust driver

Overview

Basic information, installation instructions, and version compatibility.

Tutorial

A simple tutorial illustrating a small sample application.

API reference

A complete API reference.

Python driver

Overview

Basic information, installation instructions, and version compatibility.

Tutorial

A simple tutorial illustrating a small sample application.

API reference

A complete API reference.

Node.js driver

Coming soon!

Java driver

Overview

Basic information, installation instructions, and version compatibility.

Tutorial

A simple tutorial illustrating a small sample application.

API reference

A complete API reference.

C# driver

Coming soon!

C++ driver

Coming soon!

C driver

Coming soon!

Driver architecture

TypeDB drivers share a common architecture and capabilities. The key components are providing a native-language API, opening and managing connections, controlling transactions, sending queries, and processing responses. TypeDB servers accept client connections via gRPC based on the TypeDB protocol.

The Java and Python drivers are implemented as wrappers on top of the Rust driver via an FFI interface.