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Getting Started

Get up and running with SoliDB in minutes. Learn the basics of installation, connecting, and running your first queries.

Installation

1 Using Cargo

Terminal
cargo install solidb

2 From Source

Terminal
$git clone https://github.com/solisoft/solidb
$cd solidb
$cargo build --release

Basic Usage

Start the server and interact with the HTTP API using curl or your preferred client.

1. Start Server

./target/release/solidb --port 8080

2. Create Database

curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/_api/database -d '{"name": "mydb"}'

Creates a new database namespace called "mydb".

3. Insert Document

curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/_api/document/mydb/users \
  -d '{"name": "Alice", "age": 30, "city": "Paris"}'

Inserts a JSON document into the "users" collection within "mydb".

Next Steps

Learn SDBQL

Master the query language.

API Reference

Explore HTTP endpoints.

Cluster

Setup high availability.