Example request
POST
http://localhost:7474/db/data/node
Accept:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
Example response
201:
Created
Content-Type:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
Location:
http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/9
{ "extensions" : { }, "paged_traverse" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/9/paged/traverse/{returnType}{?pageSize,leaseTime}", "outgoing_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/9/relationships/out", "traverse" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/9/traverse/{returnType}", "all_typed_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/9/relationships/all/{-list|&|types}", "property" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/9/properties/{key}", "all_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/9/relationships/all", "self" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/9", "outgoing_typed_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/9/relationships/out/{-list|&|types}", "properties" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/9/properties", "incoming_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/9/relationships/in", "incoming_typed_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/9/relationships/in/{-list|&|types}", "create_relationship" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/9/relationships", "data" : { } }
Example request
POST
http://localhost:7474/db/data/node
Accept:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
Content-Type:
application/json
{ "foo" : "bar" }
Example response
201:
Created
Content-Length:
1096
Content-Type:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
Location:
http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/5
{ "extensions" : { }, "paged_traverse" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/5/paged/traverse/{returnType}{?pageSize,leaseTime}", "outgoing_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/5/relationships/out", "traverse" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/5/traverse/{returnType}", "all_typed_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/5/relationships/all/{-list|&|types}", "property" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/5/properties/{key}", "all_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/5/relationships/all", "self" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/5", "outgoing_typed_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/5/relationships/out/{-list|&|types}", "properties" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/5/properties", "incoming_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/5/relationships/in", "incoming_typed_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/5/relationships/in/{-list|&|types}", "create_relationship" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/5/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/376
Accept:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
Example response
200:
OK
Content-Type:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
{ "extensions" : { }, "paged_traverse" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/376/paged/traverse/{returnType}{?pageSize,leaseTime}", "outgoing_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/376/relationships/out", "traverse" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/376/traverse/{returnType}", "all_typed_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/376/relationships/all/{-list|&|types}", "property" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/376/properties/{key}", "all_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/376/relationships/all", "self" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/376", "outgoing_typed_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/376/relationships/out/{-list|&|types}", "properties" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/376/properties", "incoming_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/376/relationships/in", "incoming_typed_relationships" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/376/relationships/in/{-list|&|types}", "create_relationship" : "http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/376/relationships", "data" : { } }
Example request
GET
http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/38000000
Accept:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
Example response
404:
Not Found
Content-Type:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
{ "message": "Cannot find node with id [38000000] in database.", "exception": "NodeNotFoundException", "fullname": "org.neo4j.server.rest.web.NodeNotFoundException", "stacktrace": [ "org.neo4j.server.rest.web.DatabaseActions.node(DatabaseActions.java:156)", "org.neo4j.server.rest.web.DatabaseActions.getNode(DatabaseActions.java:212)", "org.neo4j.server.rest.web.RestfulGraphDatabase.getNode(RestfulGraphDatabase.java:237)", "java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)", "org.neo4j.server.rest.security.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:112)" ] }
Example request
DELETE
http://localhost:7474/db/data/node/6
Accept:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
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/13
Accept:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
Example response
409:
Conflict
Content-Type:
application/json; charset=UTF-8
{ "message": "The node with id 13 cannot be deleted. Check that the node is orphaned before deletion.", "exception": "OperationFailureException", "fullname": "org.neo4j.server.rest.web.OperationFailureException", "stacktrace": [ "org.neo4j.server.rest.web.DatabaseActions.deleteNode(DatabaseActions.java:233)", "org.neo4j.server.rest.web.RestfulGraphDatabase.deleteNode(RestfulGraphDatabase.java:251)", "java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)", "org.neo4j.server.rest.security.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:112)" ] }
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