You can connect to your Surreal Cloud instances in three main ways. In this section you will explore the following connection options:
connect via Surrealist : Surrealist is a query builder and IDE for SurrealDB. It allows you to connect to your Surreal Cloud Instance and run queries in a graphical interface.
connect via CLI : using the command-line interface for SurrealDB, you can connect to your Surreal Cloud Instance and run queries in a command-line interface.
connect via SDK : Surreal Cloud supports a variety of SDKs for connecting to your Instance. You can use the SDKs to connect to your Instance and run queries in your preferred programming language.
connect via HTTP : Surreal Cloud supports a REST API for connecting to your Instance. You can use the API to connect to your Instance and run queries using CURL or any HTTP client.
Before you begin
To connect to an Instance, you must have the following:
