Cassandra's version itself is not available from the API. However, as you mention, describe_version provides the API version from which you could deduce the approximate version of Cassandra. You would just have to maintain this mapping yourself.
On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 6:37 PM, F Q <mail...@gmail.com> wrote: > I see only api version and schema version API available. Any idea > > Feng