Can we connect Cassandra DB with karate framework? - cassandra

Question

I'm working on an API service which is using a Cassandra database connection. Is there a way to connect Cassandra db in Karate framework?
I'm familiar with the ways to connect oracle and postgreSql databases with Karate, but unable to find a method for Cassandra.

Answer 1

The simplest way is to build a Java app that connects to Cassandra using the Java driver. You can then call your Java code from Karate (see Calling Java in Karate for an example).
Here's some minimal code to help you get started with the Java driver:
import com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.CqlSession;
import com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.cql.ResultSet;
import com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.cql.Row;
public class HelloCassandra {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try (CqlSession session = CqlSession.builder()
.withKeyspace("keyspace_name")
.build()) {
// Select the release_version from the system.local table:
ResultSet rs = session.execute("SELECT release_version FROM system.local");
Row row = rs.one();
//Print the results of the CQL query to the console:
if (row != null) {
System.out.println(row.getString("release_version"));
} else {
System.out.println("An error occurred.");
}
}
System.exit(0);
}
}
You'll need to add this in pom.xml:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
<artifactId>java-driver-core</artifactId>
<version>4.13.0</version>
</dependency>
You can get a full example pom.xml here. Cheers!