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Client Libraries

EdgeDB implements libraries for popular languages that make it easier to work with EdgeDB. These libraries provide a common set of functionality.

  • Instantiating clients. Most libraries implement a Client class that internally manages a pool of physical connections to your EdgeDB instance.

  • Resolving connections. All client libraries implement a standard protocol for determining how to connect to your database. In most cases, this will involve checking for special environment variables like EDGEDB_DSN. (More on this in the Connection section below.)

  • Executing queries. A Client will provide some methods for executing queries against your database. Under the hood, this query is executed using EdgeDB’s efficient binary protocol.

For some use cases, you may not need a client library. EdgeDB allows you to execute queries over HTTP. This is slower than the binary protocol and lacks support for transactions and rich data types, but may be suitable if a client library isn’t available for your language of choice.

To execute queries from your application code, use one of EdgeDB’s client libraries for the following languages.

Unofficial (community-maintained) libraries are available for the following languages.

To follow along with the guide below, first create a new directory and initialize a project.

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mydir myproject
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cd myproject
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$ 
edgedb project init

Configure the environment as needed for your preferred language.

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Deno
Python
Rust
Go
.NET
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npm init -y
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tsc --init # (TypeScript only)
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touch index.ts
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touch index.ts
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python -m venv venv
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source venv/bin/activate
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touch main.py
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cargo init
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go mod init example/quickstart
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touch hello.go
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dotnet new console -o . -f net6.0

Install the EdgeDB client library.

Node.js
Deno
Python
Rust
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npm install edgedb    # npm
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yarn add edgedb       # yarn
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pip install edgedb
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# Cargo.toml

[dependencies]
edgedb-tokio = "0.3.0"
# additional dependencies
tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
anyhow = "1.0.63"
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go get github.com/edgedb/edgedb-go
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dotnet add package EdgeDB.Net.Driver

Copy and paste the following simple script. This script initializes a Client instance. Clients manage an internal pool of connections to your database and provide a set of methods for executing queries.

Note that we aren’t passing connection information (say, a connection URL) when creating a client. The client libraries can detect that they are inside a project directory and connect to the project-linked instance automatically. For details on configuring connections, refer to the Connection section below.

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Deno
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import {createClient} from 'edgedb';

const client = createClient();

client.querySingle(`select random()`).then((result) => {
  console.log(result);
});
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import {createClient} from 'https://deno.land/x/edgedb';

const client = createClient();

const result = await client.querySingle(`select random()`);
console.log(result);
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from edgedb import create_client

client = create_client()

result = client.query_single("select random()")
print(result)
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// src/main.rs
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
    let conn = edgedb_tokio::create_client().await?;
    let val = conn
        .query_required_single::<f64, _>("select random()", &())
        .await?;
    println!("Result: {}", val);
    Ok(())
}
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// hello.go
package main

import (
  "context"
  "fmt"
  "log"

  "github.com/edgedb/edgedb-go"
)

func main() {
  ctx := context.Background()
  client, err := edgedb.CreateClient(ctx, edgedb.Options{})
  if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
  }
  defer client.Close()

  var result float64
  err = client.
    QuerySingle(ctx, "select random();", &result)
  if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
  }

  fmt.Println(result)
}
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using EdgeDB;

var client = new EdgeDBClient();
var result = await client.QuerySingleAsync<double>("select random();");
Console.WriteLine(result);

Finally, execute the file.

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Deno
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npx tsx index.ts
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deno run --allow-all --unstable index.deno.ts
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python index.py
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cargo run
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go run .
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dotnet run

You should see a random number get printed to the console. This number was generated inside your EdgeDB instance using EdgeQL’s built-in random() function.

All client libraries implement a standard protocol for determining how to connect to your database.

In development, we recommend initializing a project in the root of your codebase.

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edgedb project init

Once the project is initialized, any code that uses an official client library will automatically connect to the project-linked instance—no need for environment variables or hard-coded credentials. Follow the Using projects guide to get started.

In production, connection information can be securely passed to the client library via environment variables. Most commonly, you set a value for EDGEDB_DSN.

If environment variables like EDGEDB_DSN are defined inside a project directory, the environment variables will take precedence.

A DSN is also known as a “connection string” and takes the following form.

edgedb://<username>:<password>@<hostname>:<port>

Each element of the DSN is optional; in fact edgedb:// is a technically a valid DSN. Any unspecified element will default to the following values.

<host>

localhost

<port>

5656

<user>

edgedb

<password>

null

A typical DSN may look like this:

edgedb://username:pas$$word@db.domain.com:8080

DSNs can also contain the following query parameters.

database

The database to connect to within the given instance. Defaults to edgedb.

tls_security

The TLS security mode. Accepts the following values.

  • "strict" (default) — verify certificates and hostnames

  • "no_host_verification" — verify certificates only

  • "insecure" — trust self-signed certificates

tls_ca_file

A filesystem path pointing to a CA root certificate. This is usually only necessary when attempting to connect via TLS to a remote instance with a self-signed certificate.

These parameters can be added to any DSN using Web-standard query string notation.

edgedb://user:pass@example.com:8080?database=my_db&tls_security=insecure

For a more comprehensive guide to DSNs, see the DSN Specification.

If needed for your deployment pipeline, each element of the DSN can be specified independently.

  • EDGEDB_HOST

  • EDGEDB_PORT

  • EDGEDB_USER

  • EDGEDB_PASSWORD

  • EDGEDB_DATABASE

  • EDGEDB_TLS_CA_FILE

  • EDGEDB_CLIENT_TLS_SECURITY

If a value for EDGEDB_DSN is defined, it will override these variables!

EDGEDB_CREDENTIALS_FILE

A path to a .json file containing connection information. In some scenarios (including local Docker development) its useful to represent connection information with files.

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{
  "host": "localhost",
  "port": 10700,
  "user": "testuser",
  "password": "testpassword",
  "database": "edgedb",
  "tls_cert_data": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\nabcdef..."
}
EDGEDB_INSTANCE (local only)

The name of a local instance. Only useful in development.

These are the most common ways to connect to an instance, however EdgeDB supports several other options for advanced use cases. For a complete reference on connection configuration, see Reference > Connection Parameters.

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