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Uses new Rust 2024
| 0.3.0 | Feb 26, 2026 |
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| 0.2.0 | Feb 24, 2026 |
| 0.1.0 | Feb 23, 2026 |
#2 in #transaction-manager
Used in 3 crates
1.5MB
32K
SLoC
kyu-api
Database and Connection API for KyuGraph with Arrow Flight support.
This crate is the internal engine API. Most users should depend on kyu-graph instead, which re-exports the public surface from this crate.
Core Types
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
Database |
Top-level entry point owning catalog, storage, WAL, and transaction manager |
Connection |
Executes Cypher queries and DDL against a database |
NodeGroupStorage |
Columnar storage backed by NodeGroup/ColumnChunk |
Usage
use kyu_api::{Database, Connection};
// In-memory
let db = Database::in_memory();
let conn = db.connect();
conn.query("CREATE NODE TABLE Person (id INT64, name STRING, PRIMARY KEY (id))").unwrap();
conn.query("CREATE (p:Person {id: 1, name: 'Alice'})").unwrap();
let result = conn.query("MATCH (p:Person) RETURN p.name").unwrap();
for row in result.iter_rows() {
println!("{:?}", row);
}
Persistent Database
use kyu_api::Database;
let db = Database::open(std::path::Path::new("./my_graph")).unwrap();
let conn = db.connect();
// Schema + data persisted to disk via WAL + checkpointing.
Parameterized Queries
use std::collections::HashMap;
use kyu_types::TypedValue;
let mut params = HashMap::new();
params.insert("min_age".to_string(), TypedValue::Int64(25));
let result = conn.query_with_params(
"MATCH (p:Person) WHERE p.age > $min_age RETURN p.name",
params,
).unwrap();
Full VM Execution (params + env)
use std::collections::HashMap;
use kyu_types::TypedValue;
let params = HashMap::new();
let env = HashMap::new();
let result = conn.execute("MATCH (n) RETURN n", params, env).unwrap();
Delta Fast Path
Conflict-free idempotent upserts bypassing OCC for high-throughput ingestion:
use kyu_delta::{DeltaBatchBuilder, DeltaValue};
let batch = DeltaBatchBuilder::new("source:my-pipeline", 1000)
.upsert_node("Person", "1", vec![], [("name", DeltaValue::String("Alice".into()))])
.build();
let stats = conn.apply_delta(batch).unwrap();
Extensions
use kyu_api::Database;
use kyu_extension::Extension;
let mut db = Database::in_memory();
// db.register_extension(Box::new(my_ext));
let conn = db.connect();
Arrow Flight Server
Expose KyuGraph as an Arrow Flight gRPC endpoint:
use std::sync::Arc;
use kyu_api::{Database, serve_flight};
let db = Arc::new(Database::in_memory());
// serve_flight(db, "0.0.0.0", 50051).await.unwrap();
Convert query results to Arrow RecordBatch:
use kyu_api::to_record_batch;
let result = conn.query("MATCH (p:Person) RETURN p.name, p.age").unwrap();
if let Some(batch) = to_record_batch(&result) {
println!("Arrow schema: {:?}", batch.schema());
}
Architecture
Application
│
▼
┌─────────┐ ┌────────────┐
│ Database │────▶│ Connection │ ← you are here (kyu-api)
└─────────┘ └────────────┘
│ │
▼ ▼
┌────────┐ ┌──────────────┐
│Catalog │ │ kyu-executor │
└────────┘ └──────────────┘
│ │
▼ ▼
┌──────────────────────────┐
│ kyu-storage (columnar) │
└──────────────────────────┘
│
▼
┌──────────────────────────┐
│ kyu-transaction (WAL) │
└──────────────────────────┘
Query Pipeline
- Parse —
kyu-parserlexes and parses Cypher into an AST - Bind —
kyu-binderresolves names against the catalog - Plan —
kyu-plannerbuilds and optimizes a logical plan - Execute —
kyu-executorruns the plan against storage - Commit —
kyu-transactionpersists via WAL + checkpoint
License
MIT
Dependencies
~96MB
~1.5M SLoC