Go Drivers YSQL
For production, use the latest stable version (v2024.1).
The PGX driver is one of the most popular and actively maintained drivers for PostgreSQL.
The driver allows Go programmers to connect to YugabyteDB to execute DMLs and DDLs using the PGX APIs. It also supports the standard database/sql
package.
For a tutorial on building a sample Go application with PGX, see Connect an application.
Fundamentals
Learn how to perform common tasks required for Go application development using the PGX driver.
Import the driver package
You can import the PGX driver package by adding the following import statement in your Go code.
import (
"github.com/jackc/pgx/v4"
)
Connect to YugabyteDB database
Go applications can connect to YugabyteDB using the pgx.Connect()
function. The pgx
package includes all the common functions or structs required for working with YugabyteDB.
Use the pgx.Connect()
method to create the connection object, for performing DDLs and DMLs against the database.
The PGX Connection URL is in the following format:
postgresql://username:password@hostname:port/database
Code snippet for connecting to YugabyteDB:
url := fmt.Sprintf("postgres://%s:%s@%s:%d/%s",
user, password, host, port, dbname)
conn, err := pgx.Connect(context.Background(), url)
Parameters | Description | Default |
---|---|---|
user | user for connecting to the database | yugabyte |
password | password for connecting to the database | yugabyte |
host | hostname of the YugabyteDB instance | localhost |
port | Listen port for YSQL | 5433 |
dbname | database name | yugabyte |
Create table
Execute an SQL statement like the DDL CREATE TABLE ...
using the Exec()
function on the conn
instance.
The CREATE DDL statement:
CREATE TABLE employee (id int PRIMARY KEY, name varchar, age int, language varchar)
Code snippet:
var createStmt = 'CREATE TABLE employee (id int PRIMARY KEY,
name varchar, age int, language varchar)';
_, err = conn.Exec(context.Background(), createStmt)
if err != nil {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Exec for create table failed: %v\n", err)
}
The conn.Exec()
function also returns an error
object which, if not nil
, needs to be handled in your code.
Read more on designing Database schemas and tables.
Read and write data
Insert data
To write data into YugabyteDB, execute the INSERT
statement using the same conn.Exec()
function.
The INSERT DML statement:
INSERT INTO employee(id, name, age, language) VALUES (1, 'John', 35, 'Go')
Code snippet:
var insertStmt string = "INSERT INTO employee(id, name, age, language)" +
" VALUES (1, 'John', 35, 'Go')";
_, err = conn.Exec(context.Background(), insertStmt)
if err != nil {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Exec for create table failed: %v\n", err)
}
The PGX driver automatically prepares and caches statements by default, so that the developer does not have to.
Query data
To query data from YugabyteDB tables, execute the SELECT
statement using the function conn.Query()
. Query results are returned in pgx.Rows
, which can be iterated using pgx.Rows.next()
method. Then read the data using pgx.rows.Scan()
.
The SELECT DML statement:
SELECT * from employee;
Code snippet:
var name string
var age int
var language string
rows, err := conn.Query(context.Background(), "SELECT name, age, language FROM employee WHERE id = 1")
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
defer rows.Close()
fmt.Printf("Query for id=1 returned: ");
for rows.Next() {
err := rows.Scan(&name, &age, &language)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Printf("Row[%s, %d, %s]\n", name, age, language)
}
err = rows.Err()
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
Use pgxpool API
The PGX driver also provides pool APIs via its pgxpool
package. Import it as follows:
import (
"github.com/jackc/pgx/v4/pgxpool"
)
Establish a connection
The primary way to establish a connection is with pgxpool.Connect()
.
pool, err := pgxpool.Connect(context.Background(), os.Getenv("DATABASE_URL"))
You can also provide configuration for the pool as follows:
config, err := pgxpool.ParseConfig(os.Getenv("DATABASE_URL"))
if err != nil {
// ...
}
config.AfterConnect = func(ctx context.Context, conn *pgx.Conn) error {
// do something with every new connection
}
pool, err := pgxpool.ConnectConfig(context.Background(), config)
For more details, see pgxpool package doc.
Configure SSL/TLS
To build a Go application that communicates securely over SSL with YugabyteDB database, you need the root certificate (ca.crt
) of the YugabyteDB cluster.
To generate these certificates and install them while launching the cluster, follow the instructions in Create server certificates.
For a YugabyteDB Aeon cluster, or a YugabyteDB cluster with SSL/TLS enabled, set the SSL-related environment variables as follows at the client side.
$ export PGSSLMODE=verify-ca
$ export PGSSLROOTCERT=~/root.crt # Here, the CA certificate file is downloaded as `root.crt` under home directory. Modify your path accordingly.
Environment Variable | Description |
---|---|
PGSSLMODE | SSL mode used for the connection |
PGSSLROOTCERT | Server CA Certificate |
SSL modes
Install OpenSSL 1.1.1 or later only if you have a YugabyteDB setup with SSL/TLS enabled. YugabyteDB Aeon clusters are always SSL/TLS enabled.
The following table summarizes the SSL modes and their support in the driver:
SSL Mode | Client Driver Behavior | YugabyteDB Support |
---|---|---|
disable | SSL Disabled | Supported |
allow | SSL enabled only if server requires SSL connection | Supported |
prefer (default) | SSL enabled only if server requires SSL connection | Supported |
require | SSL enabled for data encryption and Server identity is not verified | Supported |
verify-ca | SSL enabled for data encryption and Server CA is verified | Supported |
verify-full | SSL enabled for data encryption. Both CA and hostname of the certificate are verified | Supported |
YugabyteDB Aeon requires SSL/TLS, and connections using SSL mode disable
will fail.
Transaction and isolation levels
YugabyteDB supports transactions for inserting and querying data from the tables. YugabyteDB supports different isolation levels for maintaining strong consistency for concurrent data access.
The PGX driver provides conn.Begin()
function to start a transaction. The function conn.BeginEx()
can create a transaction with a specified isolation level.`
tx, err := conn.Begin()
if err != nil {
return err
}
defer tx.Rollback()
_, err = tx.Exec("insert into employee(id, name, age, language) values (1, 'John', 35, 'Go')")
if err != nil {
return err
}
err = tx.Commit()
if err != nil {
return err
}