gistfile1.rb

require './cassandra'
require './cassandra_constants'
require './cassandra_types'

transport = Thrift::BufferedTransport.new(Thrift::Socket.new("127.0.0.1", "9160"))
transport.open

client = CassandraThrift::Cassandra::Client.new(Thrift::BinaryProtocol.new(transport))

columnPath = CassandraThrift::ColumnPath.new(:column_family => "Places", :column => "test")

#For client-side managed timestamps
t = Time.now
time = t.to_i * 1_000_000 + t.usec
begin
  client.insert("KeySpace","moo",columnPath, "test value for key 'moo' ", time,CassandraThrift::ConsistencyLevel::ONE)
  p client.get("KeySpace","moo",columnPath,CassandraThrift::ConsistencyLevel::ONE)
rescue CassandraThrift::NotFoundException => e
  p "No value"
end