RisingWave Connect

A Python SDK for connecting to RisingWave with CDC sources (PostgreSQL, MongoDB), automatic discovery, and multiple sink destinations.

Features

• PostgreSQL CDC Integration: Complete Change Data Capture support with automatic schema discovery
• MongoDB CDC Integration: MongoDB change streams with collection discovery and pattern matching
• Table-Level Filtering: Optimized table/collection selection with pattern matching and validation
• Column-Level Filtering: Selective column replication with type control and primary key validation
• Multiple Sink Support: Iceberg, S3, and PostgreSQL destinations
• Advanced CDC Configuration: SSL, backfilling, publication management, and more

Installation

# Basic installation (PostgreSQL and MongoDB support)
pip install risingwave-connect-py

# With SQL Server support
pip install 'risingwave-connect-py[sqlserver]'

# With all optional dependencies
pip install 'risingwave-connect-py[all]'

# Using uv (recommended)
uv add risingwave-connect-py
# or with SQL Server support
uv add 'risingwave-connect-py[sqlserver]'

Quick Start

from risingwave_connect import (
    RisingWaveClient,
    ConnectBuilder,
    PostgreSQLConfig,
    MongoDBConfig,
    TableSelector
)

# Connect to RisingWave
client = RisingWaveClient("postgresql://root@localhost:4566/dev")

# Configure PostgreSQL CDC
config = PostgreSQLConfig(
    hostname="localhost",
    port=5432,
    username="postgres",
    password="secret",
    database="mydb",
    auto_schema_change=True
)

# Create connector with table selection
builder = ConnectBuilder(client)
result = builder.create_postgresql_connection(
    config=config,
    table_selector=TableSelector(include_patterns=["users", "orders"])
)

print(f"Created CDC source with {len(result['selected_tables'])} tables")

MongoDB CDC Quick Start

from risingwave_connect import (
    RisingWaveClient,
    ConnectBuilder,
    MongoDBConfig
)

# Connect to RisingWave
client = RisingWaveClient("postgresql://root@localhost:4566/dev")

# Configure MongoDB CDC
config = MongoDBConfig(
    mongodb_url="mongodb://localhost:27017/?replicaSet=rs0",
    collection_name="mydb.*"  # All collections in mydb database
)

# Create connector with metadata columns
builder = ConnectBuilder(client)
result = builder.create_mongodb_connection(
    config=config,
    include_commit_timestamp=True,
    include_database_name=True,
    include_collection_name=True
)

print(f"Created MongoDB CDC for {len(result['selected_tables'])} collections")

Table Discovery and Selection

Discover Available Tables

# Discover all available tables
available_tables = builder.discover_postgresql_tables(config)

for table in available_tables:
    print(f"{table.qualified_name} - {table.row_count} rows")

Table-Level Filtering

# Select specific tables
table_selector = ["users", "orders", "products"]

# Using TableSelector for specific tables
from risingwave_connect.discovery.base import TableSelector
table_selector = TableSelector(specific_tables=["users", "orders"])

# Pattern-based selection (checks all tables, then filters)
table_selector = TableSelector(
    include_patterns=["user_*", "order_*"],
    exclude_patterns=["*_temp", "*_backup"]
)

# Include all tables except specific ones
table_selector = TableSelector(
    include_all=True,
    exclude_patterns=["temp_*", "backup_*"]
)

Column-Level Filtering

Select specific columns, control types, and ensure primary key consistency.

from risingwave_connect.discovery.base import (
    TableColumnConfig, ColumnSelection, TableInfo
)

# Define table info
users_table = TableInfo(
    schema_name="public",
    table_name="users",
    table_type="BASE TABLE"
)

# Select specific columns with type control
users_columns = [
    ColumnSelection(
        column_name="id",
        is_primary_key=True,
        risingwave_type="INT"  # Override type if needed
    ),
    ColumnSelection(
        column_name="name",
        risingwave_type="VARCHAR",
        is_nullable=False
    ),
    ColumnSelection(
        column_name="email",
        risingwave_type="VARCHAR"
    ),
    ColumnSelection(
        column_name="created_at",
        risingwave_type="TIMESTAMP"
    )
    # Note: Excluding sensitive columns like 'password_hash'
]

# Create table configuration
users_config = TableColumnConfig(
    table_info=users_table,
    selected_columns=users_columns,
    custom_table_name="clean_users"  # Optional: custom name in RisingWave
)

# Apply column filtering
column_configs = {"users": users_config}

result = builder.create_postgresql_connection(
    config=postgres_config,
    table_selector=["users", "orders"],
    column_configs=column_configs  # NEW parameter
)

Generated SQL with Column Filtering:

CREATE TABLE clean_users (
    id INT PRIMARY KEY,
    name VARCHAR NOT NULL,
    email VARCHAR,
    created_at TIMESTAMP
)
FROM postgres_source TABLE 'public.users';

PostgreSQL CDC Configuration

config = PostgreSQLConfig(
    # Connection details
    hostname="localhost",
    port=5432,
    username="postgres",
    password="secret",
    database="mydb",
    schema_name="public",

    # CDC settings
    auto_schema_change=True,
    publication_name="rw_publication",
    slot_name="rw_slot",

    # SSL configuration
    ssl_mode="require",
    ssl_root_cert="/path/to/ca.pem",

    # Performance tuning
    backfill_parallelism="8",
    backfill_num_rows_per_split="100000",
    backfill_as_even_splits=True
)

Schema Evolution

RisingWave supports automatic schema changes for PostgreSQL CDC sources when auto_schema_change=True is enabled:

For detailed information about schema evolution capabilities and limitations, see the RisingWave Schema Evolution Documentation.

Supported Data Types

RisingWave supports a comprehensive set of PostgreSQL data types for CDC replication. The SDK automatically maps PostgreSQL types to compatible RisingWave types.

For the complete list of supported PostgreSQL data types and their RisingWave equivalents, see the RisingWave Supported Data Types Documentation.

Sink Destinations

Iceberg Data Lake

from risingwave_connect import IcebergConfig

iceberg_config = IcebergConfig(
    sink_name="analytics_lake",
    warehouse_path="s3://my-warehouse/",
    database_name="analytics",
    table_name="events",
    catalog_type="storage",

    # S3 configuration
    s3_region="us-east-1",
    s3_access_key="your-access-key",
    s3_secret_key="your-secret-key",

    # Data type
    data_type="append-only",
    force_append_only=True
)

# Create sink
builder.create_sink(iceberg_config, ["events", "users"])

Complete Connection Examples

Basic CDC with All Columns

# Simple table selection with all columns
result = builder.create_postgresql_connection(
    config=postgres_config,
    table_selector=["users", "orders", "products"]  # Fast: only checks these tables
)

selected_tables = [t.qualified_name for t in result['selected_tables']]

Advanced CDC with Column Filtering

from risingwave_connect.discovery.base import (
    TableColumnConfig, ColumnSelection, TableInfo
)

# Configure selective columns for multiple tables
users_config = TableColumnConfig(
    table_info=TableInfo(schema_name="public", table_name="users"),
    selected_columns=[
        ColumnSelection(column_name="id", is_primary_key=True, risingwave_type="INT"),
        ColumnSelection(column_name="name", risingwave_type="VARCHAR", is_nullable=False),
        ColumnSelection(column_name="email", risingwave_type="VARCHAR"),
        ColumnSelection(column_name="created_at", risingwave_type="TIMESTAMP")
    ],
    custom_table_name="clean_users"
)

orders_config = TableColumnConfig(
    table_info=TableInfo(schema_name="public", table_name="orders"),
    selected_columns=[
        ColumnSelection(column_name="order_id", is_primary_key=True, risingwave_type="BIGINT"),
        ColumnSelection(column_name="user_id", risingwave_type="INT", is_nullable=False),
        ColumnSelection(column_name="total_amount", risingwave_type="DECIMAL(10,2)"),
        ColumnSelection(column_name="status", risingwave_type="VARCHAR"),
        ColumnSelection(column_name="created_at", risingwave_type="TIMESTAMP")
    ]
)

# Apply column configurations
column_configs = {
    "users": users_config,
    "orders": orders_config
    # No config for 'products' - will include all columns
}

# Create CDC with column filtering
cdc_result = builder.create_postgresql_connection(
    config=postgres_config,
    table_selector=["users", "orders", "products"],
    column_configs=column_configs
)

# Create sinks for filtered data
selected_tables = [t.qualified_name for t in cdc_result['selected_tables']]
builder.create_s3_sink(s3_config, selected_tables)
builder.create_sink(iceberg_config, selected_tables)

Multi-Destination Data Pipeline

# 1. Set up CDC source with filtering
cdc_result = builder.create_postgresql_connection(
    config=postgres_config,
    table_selector=TableSelector(include_patterns=["user_*", "order_*"])
)

selected_tables = [t.qualified_name for t in cdc_result['selected_tables']]

# 2. Create multiple data destinations
builder.create_s3_sink(s3_config, selected_tables)  # Data lake
builder.create_postgresql_sink(analytics_config, selected_tables)  # Analytics
builder.create_sink(iceberg_config, selected_tables)  # Iceberg warehouse

Examples

The examples/ directory contains complete working examples:

• postgres_cdc_iceberg_pipeline.py - End-to-end CDC to Iceberg pipeline
• table_column_filtering_example.py - Comprehensive table and column filtering examples

Development

# Clone and set up development environment
git clone https://github.com/risingwavelabs/risingwave-connect-py.git
cd risingwave-connect-py

# Install with development dependencies
uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate
uv pip install -e .[dev]

# Run tests
pytest

# Format code
ruff format .

Requirements

• Python ≥ 3.10
• RisingWave instance (local or cloud)
• PostgreSQL with CDC enabled
• Required Python packages: psycopg[binary], pydantic

License

Apache 2.0 License