C

This page documents the preview version (v2.21). Preview includes features under active development and is for development and testing only. For production, use the stable version (v2024.1). To learn more, see Versioning.

Supported projects

The following project is recommended for implementing C applications using the YugabyteDB YSQL API.

Project Example apps
libpq C Driver Hello World

For fully-runnable code snippets and explanations of common operations, see the example apps. Before running the example apps, make sure you have installed the prerequisites.

Prerequisites

To develop C applications for YugabyteDB, you need the following:

  • Machine and Software requirements

    • a 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) architecture machine.
    • gcc 4.1.2 or later, clang 3.4 or later installed.

  • YugabyteDB cluster

    • Create a free cluster on YugabyteDB Aeon. Refer to Use a cloud cluster. Note that YugabyteDB Aeon requires SSL.
    • Alternatively, set up a standalone YugabyteDB cluster by following the steps in Install YugabyteDB.

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