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# Trino Go client

A [Trino](https://trino.io) client for the [Go](https://golang.org) programming
language. It enables you to send SQL statements from your Go application to
Trino, and receive the resulting data.

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## Features

* Native Go implementation
* Connections over HTTP or HTTPS
* HTTP Basic, Kerberos, and JSON web token (JWT) authentication
* Per-query user information for access control
* Support custom HTTP client (tunable conn pools, timeouts, TLS)
* Supports conversion from Trino to native Go data types
  * `string`, `sql.NullString`
  * `int64`, `sql.NullInt64`
  * `float64`, `sql.NullFloat64`
  * `map`, `trino.NullMap`
  * `time.Time`, `trino.NullTime`
  * Up to 3-dimensional arrays to Go slices, of any supported type

## Requirements

* Go 1.24.7 or newer
* Trino 372 or newer

## Installation

You need a working environment with Go installed and $GOPATH set.

Download and install Trino database/sql driver:

```bash
go get github.com/trinodb/trino-go-client/trino
```

Make sure you have Git installed and in your $PATH.

## Usage

This Trino client is an implementation of Go's `database/sql/driver` interface.
In order to use it, you need to import the package and use the
[`database/sql`](https://golang.org/pkg/database/sql/) API then.

Use `trino` as `driverName` and a valid [DSN](#dsn-data-source-name) as the
`dataSourceName`.

Example:

```go
import "database/sql"
import _ "github.com/trinodb/trino-go-client/trino"

dsn := "http://user@localhost:8080?catalog=default&schema=test"
db, err := sql.Open("trino", dsn)
```

### Authentication

Both HTTP Basic, Kerberos, and JWT authentication are supported.

#### HTTP Basic authentication

If the DSN contains a password, the client enables HTTP Basic authentication by
setting the `Authorization` header in every request to Trino.

HTTP Basic authentication **is only supported on encrypted connections over
HTTPS**.

#### Kerberos authentication

This driver supports Kerberos authentication by setting up the Kerberos fields
in the
[Config](https://godoc.org/github.com/trinodb/trino-go-client/trino#Config)
struct.

Please refer to the [Coordinator Kerberos
Authentication](https://trino.io/docs/current/security/server.html) for
server-side configuration.

#### JSON web token authentication

This driver supports JWT authentication by setting up the `AccessToken` field
in the
[Config](https://godoc.org/github.com/trinodb/trino-go-client/trino#Config)
struct.

Please refer to the [Coordinator JWT
Authentication](https://trino.io/docs/current/security/jwt.html) for
server-side configuration.

#### Authorization header forwarding
This driver supports forwarding authorization headers by adding a [NamedArg](https://godoc.org/database/sql#NamedArg) with the name `accessToken` (e.g., `accessToken=<your_access_token>`) and setting the `ForwardAuthorizationHeader` field in the [Config](https://godoc.org/github.com/trinodb/trino-go-client/trino#Config) struct to `true`.

When enabled, this configuration will override the `AccessToken` set in the `Config` struct.

#### System access control and per-query user information

It's possible to pass user information to Trino, different from the principal
used to authenticate to the coordinator. See the [System Access
Control](https://trino.io/docs/current/develop/system-access-control.html)
documentation for details.

In order to pass user information in queries to Trino, you have to add a
[NamedArg](https://godoc.org/database/sql#NamedArg) to the query parameters
where the key is X-Trino-User. This parameter is used by the driver to inform
Trino about the user executing the query regardless of the authentication
method for the actual connection, and its value is NOT passed to the query.

Example:

```go
db.Query("SELECT * FROM foobar WHERE id=?", 1, sql.Named("X-Trino-User", string("Alice")))
```

The position of the X-Trino-User NamedArg is irrelevant and does not affect the
query in any way.

### DSN (Data Source Name)

The Data Source Name is a URL with a mandatory username, and optional query
string parameters that are supported by this driver, in the following format:

```
http[s]://user[:pass]@host[:port][?parameters]
```

The easiest way to build your DSN is by using the
[Config.FormatDSN](https://godoc.org/github.com/trinodb/trino-go-client/trino#Config.FormatDSN)
helper function.

The driver supports both HTTP and HTTPS. If you use HTTPS it's recommended that
you also provide a custom `http.Client` that can validate (or skip) the
security checks of the server certificate, and/or to configure TLS client
authentication.

#### Parameters

*Parameters are case-sensitive*

Refer to the [Trino
Concepts](https://trino.io/docs/current/overview/concepts.html) documentation
for more information.

##### `source`

```
Type:           string
Valid values:   string describing the source of the connection to Trino
Default:        empty
```

The `source` parameter is optional, but if used, can help Trino admins
troubleshoot queries and trace them back to the original client.

##### `catalog`

```
Type:           string
Valid values:   the name of a catalog configured in the Trino server
Default:        empty
```

The `catalog` parameter defines the Trino catalog where schemas exist to
organize tables.

##### `schema`

```
Type:           string
Valid values:   the name of an existing schema in the catalog
Default:        empty
```

The `schema` parameter defines the Trino schema where tables exist. This is
also known as namespace in some environments.

##### `session_properties`

```
Type:           string
Valid values:   semicolon-separated list of key:value session properties
Default:        empty
```

The `session_properties` parameter must contain valid parameters accepted by
the Trino server. Run `SHOW SESSION` in Trino to get the current list.

##### `custom_client`

```
Type:           string
Valid values:   the name of a client previously registered to the driver
Default:        empty (defaults to http.DefaultClient)
```

The `custom_client` parameter allows the use of custom `http.Client` for the
communication with Trino.

```go
foobarClient := &http.Client{
    Transport: &http.Transport{
        Proxy: http.ProxyFromEnvironment,
        DialContext: (&net.Dialer{
            Timeout:   30 * time.Second,
            KeepAlive: 30 * time.Second,
            DualStack: true,
        }).DialContext,
        MaxIdleConns:          100,
        IdleConnTimeout:       90 * time.Second,
        TLSHandshakeTimeout:   10 * time.Second,
        ExpectContinueTimeout: 1 * time.Second,
        TLSClientConfig:       &tls.Config{
        // your config here...
        },
    },
}
trino.RegisterCustomClient("foobar", foobarClient)
db, err := sql.Open("trino", "https://user@localhost:8080?custom_client=foobar")
```

A custom client can also be used to add OpenTelemetry instrumentation. The
[otelhttp](https://pkg.go.dev/go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp)
package provides a transport wrapper that creates spans for HTTP requests and
propagates the trace ID in HTTP headers:

```go
otelClient := &http.Client{
    Transport: otelhttp.NewTransport(http.DefaultTransport),
}
trino.RegisterCustomClient("otel", otelClient)
db, err := sql.Open("trino", "https://user@localhost:8080?custom_client=otel")
```

##### `query_timeout`

```
Type:           time.Duration
Valid values:   duration string
Default:        nil
```

The `query_timeout` parameter sets a timeout for the query. If the query takes longer than the timeout, it will be cancelled. If it is not set the default context timeout will be used.

##### `explicitPrepare`

```
Type:           string
Valid values:   "true", "false"
Default:        "true"
```

The `explicitPrepare` parameter controls how queries are sent to the Trino server. When set to `false`, the client uses `EXECUTE IMMEDIATE` which sends the query text in the HTTP request body instead of HTTP headers. This allows sending large query text that would otherwise exceed HTTP header size limits. When set to `true` (default), queries use explicit prepared statements sent via HTTP headers.

##### `clientTags`

```
Type:           string
Valid values:   comma-separated list of tags (e.g. tag1,tag2)
Default:        empty
```

The `clientTags` parameter is optional and is used to identify Trino resource groups. 
This helps with query tracking and resource management in Trino clusters.

**DSN parameter example:**
```
clientTags=tag1,tag2
```

**Config struct example:**
```go
config := &Config{
    ServerURI:  "http://foobar@localhost:8080",
    ClientTags: []string{"tag1", "tag2", "tag3"},
}

dsn, err := config.FormatDSN()
```

**Query parameter example (overrides DSN client tags):**
```go
rows, err := db.Query(query, sql.Named("X-Trino-Client-Tags", "tag1,tag2,tag3"))
```
=======

#### `roles`

```
Type:           string  
Format:         roles=catalog1:role1;catalog2=role2  
Valid values:   A semicolon-separated list of catalog-to-role assignments, where each assignment maps a catalog to a role.  
Default:        empty
```
The roles parameter defines authorization roles to assume for one or more catalogs during the Trino session.

##### Example
``` go
c := &Config{
	ServerURI:         "https://foobar@localhost:8090",
	SessionProperties: map[string]string{"query_priority": "1"},
	Roles:             map[string]string{"catalog1": "role1", "catalog2": "role2"},
}

dsn, err := c.FormatDSN()
```

**Query parameter example (overrides DSN roles):**
```go
rows, err := db.Query(
    query,
    sql.Named("X-Trino-Role", map[string]string{
        "catalog1": "role1",
        "catalog2": "role2",
    }),
)
```

#### Examples

```
http://user@localhost:8080?source=hello&catalog=default&schema=foobar
```

```
https://user@localhost:8443?session_properties=query_max_run_time:10m;query_priority:2
```

```
http://user@localhost:8080?source=hello&catalog=default&schema=foobar&roles=catalog1:role1;catalog2:role2
```

## Data types

### Query arguments

When passing arguments to queries, the driver supports the following Go data
types:
* integers
* `bool`
* `string`
* `[]byte`
* slices
* `trino.Numeric` - a string representation of a number
* `time.Time` - passed to Trino as a timestamp with a time zone
* the result of `trino.Date(year, month, day)` - passed to Trino as a date
* the result of `trino.Time(hour, minute, second, nanosecond)` - passed to
  Trino as a time without a time zone
* the result of `trino.TimeTz(hour, minute, second, nanosecond, location)` -
  passed to Trino as a time with a time zone
* the result of `trino.Timestamp(year, month, day, hour, minute, second,
  nanosecond)` - passed to Trino as a timestamp without a time zone
* `time.Duration` - passed to Trino as an interval day to second. Because Trino does not support nanosecond precision for intervals, if the nanosecond part of the value is not zero, an error will be returned.

It's not yet possible to pass:
* `float32` or `float64`
* `byte`
* `json.RawMessage`
* maps

To use the unsupported types, pass them as strings and use casts in the query,
like so:
```sql
SELECT * FROM table WHERE col_double = cast(? AS DOUBLE) OR col_timestamp = CAST(? AS TIMESTAMP)
```

### Response rows

When reading response rows, the driver supports most Trino data types, except:
* time and timestamps with precision - all time types are returned as
  `time.Time`. All precisions up to nanoseconds (`TIMESTAMP(9)` or `TIME(9)`)
  are supported (since this is the maximum precision Golang's `time.Time`
  supports). If a query returns columns defined with a greater precision,
  values are trimmed to 9 decimal digits. Use `CAST` to reduce the returned
  precision, or convert the value to a string that then can be parsed manually.
* `DECIMAL` - returned as string
* `IPADDRESS` - returned as string
* `INTERVAL YEAR TO MONTH` and `INTERVAL DAY TO SECOND` - returned as string
* `UUID` - returned as string

Data types like `HyperLogLog`, `SetDigest`, `QDigest`, and `TDigest` are not
supported and cannot be returned from a query.

For reading nullable columns, use:
* `trino.NullTime`
* `trino.NullMap` - which stores a map of `map[string]interface{}`
or similar structs from the `database/sql` package, like `sql.NullInt64`

To read query results containing arrays or maps, pass one of the following
structs to the `Scan()` function:

* `trino.NullSliceBool`
* `trino.NullSliceString`
* `trino.NullSliceInt64`
* `trino.NullSliceFloat64`
* `trino.NullSliceTime`
* `trino.NullSliceMap`

For two or three dimensional arrays, use `trino.NullSlice2Bool` and
`trino.NullSlice3Bool` or equivalents for other data types.

To read `ROW` values, implement the `sql.Scanner` interface in a struct. Its
`Scan()` function receives a `[]interface{}` slice, with values of the
following types:
* `bool`
* `json.Number` for any numeric Trino types
* `[]interface{}` for Trino arrays
* `map[string]interface{}` for Trino maps
* `string` for other Trino types, as character, date, time, or timestamp.

> [!NOTE]
> `VARBINARY` columns are returned as base64-encoded strings when used within
> `ROW`, `MAP`, or `ARRAY` values.

## Spooling Protocol

The client supports the [Trino spooling protocol](https://trino.io/docs/current/client/client-protocol.html#spooling-protocol), which enables efficient retrieval of large result sets by downloading data in segments, optionally in parallel and out-of-order.

If the Trino server has the spooling protocol enabled, the client will use it by default with the `json` encoding.

You can configure other encodings:

- Supported encodings: `json`, `json+lz4`, `json+zstd`

```go
rows, err := db.Query(query, sql.Named("encoding", "json+zstd"))
```

Or specify a list of supported encodings in order of preference:

```go
rows, err := db.Query(query, sql.Named("encoding", "json+zstd, json+lz4, json"))
```

### Configuration Options

You can tune the spooling protocol using the following parameters, passed as `sql.Named` arguments to your query:

- **Spooling Worker Count**  
  `sql.Named("spooling_worker_count", "N")`  
  Sets the number of parallel workers used to download spooled segments.  
  **Default:** `5`  
  **Considerations:**  
  - Increasing this value can improve throughput for large result sets, especially on high-latency networks.
  - Higher values increase parallelism but may also increase memory usage.

- **Max Out-of-Order Segments**  
  `sql.Named("max_out_of_order_segments", "N")`  
  Sets the maximum number of segments that can be downloaded and buffered out-of-order before blocking further downloads.  
  **Default:** `10`  
  **Considerations:**  
  - Higher values increase the potential memory usage, but actual usage depends on download behavior and may be lower in practice.
  - Higher values reduce the chance that one slow or stalled segment will block the download of additional segments.
  - Lower values reduce memory usage but may limit parallelism and throughput.

**Note:**  
It is **not allowed** to set `spooling_worker_count` higher than `max_out_of_order_segments` — doing so will result in an error.

Each download worker must reserve a slot for the segment it fetches, and a slot is only released when that segment can be processed in order. The total number of slots corresponds to max_out_of_order_segments.
If you configure more workers than allowed out-of-order segments, the extra workers would immediately block while waiting for a slot — defeating the purpose of parallelism and potentially wasting resources.

#### Example: Customizing Spooling Parameters

```go
rows, err := db.Query(
    query,
    sql.Named("encoding", "json+zstd"),
    sql.Named("spooling_worker_count", "8"),
    sql.Named("max_out_of_order_segments", "20"),
)
```

## License

Apache License V2.0, as described in the [LICENSE](./LICENSE) file.

## Build

You can build the client code locally and run tests with the following command:

```
go test -v -race -timeout 2m ./...
```

## Contributing

For contributing, development, and release guidelines, see
[CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md).

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