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Building web applications with Python and Neo4j

By : Sumit Gupta
Book Image

Building web applications with Python and Neo4j

By: Sumit Gupta

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Building Web Applications with Python and Neo4j
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Installing and configuring py2neo


In this section, we will talk about installing and configuring py2neo and other resources required for quick development using APIs exposed by py2neo.

Py2neo is a simple, powerful, and pragmatic Python library that provides access to Neo4j via its RESTful Web service interface. It does not have external dependencies, and installation is simple and straightforward. The library is actively maintained on GitHub (https://github.com/nigelsmall/py2neo), regularly updated in the Python Package Index (PPI), and built uniquely for Neo4j in close association with its team and community.

Let's move forward and discuss the prerequisites and installation steps for py2neo.

Prerequisites

The following are the prerequisites required to install py2neo:

  • Python: Python 3.4.x should be installed and configured. Perform the following steps in case you do not have Python installed:

    1. Depending upon your OS, download and install Python from https://www.python.org/downloads/.

    2. Update the...