Setting different properties will retain the existing ones for this node. Note that a single value are submitted not as a map but just as a value (which is valid JSON) like in the example below.
Example request
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PUThttp://localhost:7474/db/data/node/17/properties/foo -
Accept:application/json -
Content-Type:application/json
"bar"
Example response
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204:No Content
This will replace all existing properties on the node with the new set of attributes.
Example request
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PUThttp://localhost:7474/db/data/node/9/properties -
Accept:application/json -
Content-Type:application/json
{
"age" : "18"
}Example response
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204:No Content
Example request
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GEThttp://localhost:7474/db/data/node/332/properties -
Accept:application/json
Example response
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200:OK -
Content-Type:application/json
{
"foo" : "bar"
}This example shows the response you get when trying to set a property to null.
Example request
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POSThttp://localhost:7474/db/data/node -
Accept:application/json -
Content-Type:application/json
{"foo":null}Example response
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400:Bad Request -
Content-Type:application/json
{
"message" : "Could not set property \"foo\", unsupported type: null",
"exception" : "org.neo4j.server.rest.web.PropertyValueException: Could not set property \"foo\", unsupported type: null",
"stacktrace" : [ "org.neo4j.server.rest.web.DatabaseActions.set(DatabaseActions.java:148)", "org.neo4j.server.rest.web.DatabaseActions.createNode(DatabaseActions.java:206)", "org.neo4j.server.rest.web.RestfulGraphDatabase.createNode(RestfulGraphDatabase.java:190)", "sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)", "sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)", "sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)", "java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)", "com.sun.jersey.spi.container.JavaMethodInvokerFactory$1.invoke(JavaMethodInvokerFactory.java:60)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.model.method.dispatch.AbstractResourceMethodDispatchProvider$ResponseOutInvoker._dispatch(AbstractResourceMethodDispatchProvider.java:205)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.model.method.dispatch.ResourceJavaMethodDispatcher.dispatch(ResourceJavaMethodDispatcher.java:75)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.HttpMethodRule.accept(HttpMethodRule.java:288)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.RightHandPathRule.accept(RightHandPathRule.java:147)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.ResourceClassRule.accept(ResourceClassRule.java:108)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.RightHandPathRule.accept(RightHandPathRule.java:147)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.RootResourceClassesRule.accept(RootResourceClassesRule.java:84)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl._handleRequest(WebApplicationImpl.java:1469)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl._handleRequest(WebApplicationImpl.java:1400)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl.handleRequest(WebApplicationImpl.java:1349)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl.handleRequest(WebApplicationImpl.java:1339)", "com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.WebComponent.service(WebComponent.java:416)", "com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer.service(ServletContainer.java:537)", "com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer.service(ServletContainer.java:699)", "javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820)", "org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:511)", "org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:390)", "org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.SessionHandler.handle(SessionHandler.java:182)", "org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.handle(ContextHandler.java:765)", "org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:114)", "org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:152)", "org.mortbay.jetty.Server.handle(Server.java:326)", "org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:542)", "org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection$RequestHandler.content(HttpConnection.java:943)", "org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:756)", "org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:218)", "org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:404)", "org.mortbay.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:410)", "org.mortbay.thread.QueuedThreadPool$PoolThread.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:582)" ]
}Nesting properties is not supported. You could for example store the nested json as a string instead.
Example request
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POSThttp://localhost:7474/db/data/node/ -
Accept:application/json -
Content-Type:application/json
{"foo" : {"bar" : "baz"}}Example response
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400:Bad Request -
Content-Type:application/json
{
"message" : "Could not set property \"foo\", unsupported type: {bar=baz}",
"exception" : "org.neo4j.server.rest.web.PropertyValueException: Could not set property \"foo\", unsupported type: {bar=baz}",
"stacktrace" : [ "org.neo4j.server.rest.web.DatabaseActions.set(DatabaseActions.java:148)", "org.neo4j.server.rest.web.DatabaseActions.createNode(DatabaseActions.java:206)", "org.neo4j.server.rest.web.RestfulGraphDatabase.createNode(RestfulGraphDatabase.java:190)", "sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)", "sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)", "sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)", "java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)", "com.sun.jersey.spi.container.JavaMethodInvokerFactory$1.invoke(JavaMethodInvokerFactory.java:60)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.model.method.dispatch.AbstractResourceMethodDispatchProvider$ResponseOutInvoker._dispatch(AbstractResourceMethodDispatchProvider.java:205)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.model.method.dispatch.ResourceJavaMethodDispatcher.dispatch(ResourceJavaMethodDispatcher.java:75)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.HttpMethodRule.accept(HttpMethodRule.java:288)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.RightHandPathRule.accept(RightHandPathRule.java:147)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.ResourceClassRule.accept(ResourceClassRule.java:108)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.RightHandPathRule.accept(RightHandPathRule.java:147)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.RootResourceClassesRule.accept(RootResourceClassesRule.java:84)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl._handleRequest(WebApplicationImpl.java:1469)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl._handleRequest(WebApplicationImpl.java:1400)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl.handleRequest(WebApplicationImpl.java:1349)", "com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl.handleRequest(WebApplicationImpl.java:1339)", "com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.WebComponent.service(WebComponent.java:416)", "com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer.service(ServletContainer.java:537)", "com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer.service(ServletContainer.java:699)", "javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820)", "org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:511)", "org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:390)", "org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.SessionHandler.handle(SessionHandler.java:182)", "org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.handle(ContextHandler.java:765)", "org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:114)", "org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:152)", "org.mortbay.jetty.Server.handle(Server.java:326)", "org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:542)", "org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection$RequestHandler.content(HttpConnection.java:943)", "org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:756)", "org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:218)", "org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:404)", "org.mortbay.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:410)", "org.mortbay.thread.QueuedThreadPool$PoolThread.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:582)" ]
}