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# Creating a REST API for Cassandra

Tutorial·29 September 2016·5 min 22 sec

Connect a Cassandra database and generate an instant REST API across its schema and tables, giving application developers a familiar HTTP interface to a wide-column store.

**Recorded in 2016.** The concepts still apply, but the interface shown predates the current DreamFactory release. Some steps may differ in the current release.

## What you’ll learn

* Connecting Cassandra as a DreamFactory service
* Generating endpoints across Cassandra schema and tables
* Offering a familiar REST interface over a wide-column store

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