Example request
POST
http://localhost:7474/db/data/node
Accept:
application/json
Example response
201:
Created
Content-Type:
application/json
Location:
http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/1
{ "extensions" : { }, "paged_traverse" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/1/paged/traverse/{returnType}{?pageSize,leaseTime}", "outgoing_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/1/relationships/out", "traverse" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/1/traverse/{returnType}", "all_typed_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/1/relationships/all/{-list|&|types}", "property" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/1/properties/{key}", "all_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/1/relationships/all", "self" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/1", "properties" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/1/properties", "outgoing_typed_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/1/relationships/out/{-list|&|types}", "incoming_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/1/relationships/in", "incoming_typed_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/1/relationships/in/{-list|&|types}", "create_relationship" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/1/relationships", "data" : { } }
Example request
POST
http://localhost:7474/db/data/node
Accept:
application/json
Content-Type:
application/json
{ "foo" : "bar" }
Example response
201:
Created
Content-Length:
1096
Content-Type:
application/json
Location:
http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/2
{ "extensions" : { }, "paged_traverse" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/2/paged/traverse/{returnType}{?pageSize,leaseTime}", "outgoing_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/2/relationships/out", "traverse" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/2/traverse/{returnType}", "all_typed_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/2/relationships/all/{-list|&|types}", "property" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/2/properties/{key}", "all_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/2/relationships/all", "self" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/2", "properties" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/2/properties", "outgoing_typed_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/2/relationships/out/{-list|&|types}", "incoming_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/2/relationships/in", "incoming_typed_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/2/relationships/in/{-list|&|types}", "create_relationship" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/2/relationships", "data" : { "foo" : "bar" } }
Note that the response contains URI/templates for the available operations for getting properties and relationships.
Example request
GET
http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/3
Accept:
application/json
Example response
200:
OK
Content-Type:
application/json
{ "extensions" : { }, "paged_traverse" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/3/paged/traverse/{returnType}{?pageSize,leaseTime}", "outgoing_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/3/relationships/out", "traverse" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/3/traverse/{returnType}", "all_typed_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/3/relationships/all/{-list|&|types}", "property" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/3/properties/{key}", "all_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/3/relationships/all", "self" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/3", "properties" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/3/properties", "outgoing_typed_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/3/relationships/out/{-list|&|types}", "incoming_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/3/relationships/in", "incoming_typed_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/3/relationships/in/{-list|&|types}", "create_relationship" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/3/relationships", "data" : { } }
Example request
GET
http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/800000
Accept:
application/json
Example response
404:
Not Found
Content-Type:
application/json
{ "message" : "Cannot find node with id [800000] in database.", "exception" : "NodeNotFoundException", "stacktrace" : [ "org.neo4j.server.rest.web.DatabaseActions.node(DatabaseActions.java:123)", "org.neo4j.server.rest.web.DatabaseActions.getNode(DatabaseActions.java:234)", "org.neo4j.server.rest.web.RestfulGraphDatabase.getNode(RestfulGraphDatabase.java:225)", "java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)" ] }
Example request
DELETE
http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/10
Accept:
application/json
Example response
204:
No Content
The relationships on a node has to be deleted before the node can be deleted.
Example request
DELETE
http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/11
Accept:
application/json
Example response
409:
Conflict
Content-Type:
application/json
{ "message" : "The node with id 11 cannot be deleted. Check that the node is orphaned before deletion.", "exception" : "OperationFailureException", "stacktrace" : [ "org.neo4j.server.rest.web.DatabaseActions.deleteNode(DatabaseActions.java:255)", "org.neo4j.server.rest.web.RestfulGraphDatabase.deleteNode(RestfulGraphDatabase.java:239)", "java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)" ] }
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