J.D. Duncan will introduce mod_ndb, an Apache module that provides a Web Services API for MySQL Cluster. Mod_ndb creates a direct connection from an Apache web server to the NDB data nodes in a MySQL Cluster (bypassing mysqld and eliminating the need to create or parse SQL queries). This allows developers to query and modify a database over HTTP using GET, POST, and DELETE requests, and retrieve results in a variety of formats, including JSON results that can go "direct to the browser" in an Ajax application. Mod_ndb is also scriptable, using Apache's subrequest API, so that complex multitable transactions or joins can be easily created in PHP or Perl.