ArcadeDB ships native Python and TypeScript drivers over HTTP and gRPC
ArcadeDB has released a new repository, arcadedb-drivers, containing four Apache-2.0 licensed client libraries: HTTP and gRPC drivers for Python, and HTTP and gRPC drivers for TypeScript/JavaScript. All four are generated from ArcadeDB's own published contracts and are already available on pip and npm, though still at early 0.1.0 releases targeting server version 26.9.1.
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Previously, developers connecting to ArcadeDB from Python or Node had to hand-roll REST calls or repurpose drivers built for other databases, limiting functionality to whatever overlapping protocol those tools exposed. Offering both HTTP and gRPC options lets developers pick the transport suited to their workload—HTTP for browser or serverless use, gRPC for high-throughput server-to-server streaming and bulk operations—making ArcadeDB more accessible and performant across different application architectures.
- Four new official drivers cover Python and TypeScript/JavaScript, each with HTTP and gRPC variants.
- All packages are open source (Apache-2.0), auto-generated from ArcadeDB's own API contracts, and require client-server deployment.
- Version 0.1.0 targets ArcadeDB server 26.9.1, needs Python 3.10+/Node 20+, and more language drivers are planned.
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Published there as: “Native Python and TypeScript Drivers for ArcadeDB, from OpenAPI and Protobuf”
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