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sidebar_label: Go
title: Connect with Go Connector
pagination_next: develop/insert-data
---

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## Initialize Module

```
go mod init tdengine.com/example
```

## Add Dependency

add `driver-go` dependency in `go.mod` .

```go-mod title="go.mod"
module goexample

go 1.17

require github.com/taosdata/driver-go/v2 develop
```

## Config

Run this command in your terminal to save DSN(data source name) as variable:

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```bash
export TDENGINE_GO_DSN="<goDSN>"
```

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```bash
set TDENGINE_GO_DSN="<goDSN>"
```

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```powershell
$env:TDENGINE_GO_DSN="<goDSN>"
```

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:::note
Replace <goDSN\> with the real value, the format should be `https(<cloud_host>)/?token=<token>`.
To obtain the value of `goDSN`, please log in [TDengine Cloud](https://cloud.tdengine.com) and click "Connector" and then select "Go".

:::
<!-- exclude-end -->

## Connect

Copy code bellow to main.go.

```go title="main.go"
{{#include docs/examples/go/connectexample/main.go}}
```

Then download dependencies by execute command:

```
go mod tidy
```

Finally, test the connection:

```
go run main.go
```

<!---The client connection is then established. For how to write data and query data, please refer to [Insert Data](https://docs.tdengine.com/cloud/develop/insert-data#connector-examples) and [Query Data](https://docs.tdengine.com/cloud/develop/query-data/#connector-examples).--->
