# Apache Cassandra CQL Native Protocol

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/cassandra/cassandra-cql-native-protocol/  
**Provider:** Apache Cassandra — https://apis.io/providers/cassandra/  
**Documentation:** https://cassandra.apache.org/doc/latest/cassandra/cql/

Apache Cassandra CQL Native Protocol is one of 12 APIs that [Apache Cassandra](https://apis.io/providers/cassandra/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include CQL, Database, Native Protocol, and Query. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an API reference.

Cassandra Query Language (CQL) is the primary interface to Apache Cassandra. Clients speak the binary CQL native protocol over TCP (default port 9042). Official drivers are maintained for Java, Python, Go, C/C++, C#, Node.js, Ruby, and Rust.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://cassandra.apache.org/doc/latest/cassandra/cql/
- **Specification** — https://github.com/apache/cassandra/blob/trunk/doc/native_protocol_v5.spec
- **Reference** — https://cassandra.apache.org/doc/latest/cassandra/cql/ddl.html
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cassandra/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Apache Cassandra APIs (11)

- [Cassandra REST API (Stargate)](https://apis.io/apis/cassandra/cassandra-rest-api-stargate/)
- [Cassandra GraphQL API (Stargate)](https://apis.io/apis/cassandra/cassandra-graphql-api-stargate/)
- [Cassandra Document API (Stargate)](https://apis.io/apis/cassandra/cassandra-document-api-stargate/)
- [Cassandra gRPC API (Stargate)](https://apis.io/apis/cassandra/cassandra-grpc-api-stargate/)
- [Cassandra JMX Management Interface](https://apis.io/apis/cassandra/cassandra-jmx-metrics/)
- [Apache Cassandra Columns API](https://apis.io/apis/cassandra/cassandra-columns-api/)
- [Apache Cassandra Indexes API](https://apis.io/apis/cassandra/cassandra-indexes-api/)
- [Apache Cassandra Keyspaces API](https://apis.io/apis/cassandra/cassandra-keyspaces-api/)
- [Apache Cassandra Rows API](https://apis.io/apis/cassandra/cassandra-rows-api/)
- [Apache Cassandra Tables API](https://apis.io/apis/cassandra/cassandra-tables-api/)
- [Apache Cassandra Types API](https://apis.io/apis/cassandra/cassandra-types-api/)

## Tags

CQL, Database, Native Protocol, Query

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