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Building web applications with Python and Neo4j

Building web applications with Python and Neo4j

By : Sumit Gupta
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Building web applications with Python and Neo4j

Building web applications with Python and Neo4j

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By: Sumit Gupta
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Overview of this book

If you are a Python developer and want to expand your understanding of Python-based web applications over Neo4j graph data models, this is the book for you.
Table of Contents (9 chapters)
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1. Your First Query with Neo4j
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1. Your First Query with Neo4j
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Thinking in graphs for SQL developers
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Licensing and configuring – Neo4j
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Using the Neo4j shell
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Introducing the Neo4j REST interface
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Running queries from the Neo4j browser
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Summary
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2. Querying the Graph with Cypher
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2. Querying the Graph with Cypher
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Basic anatomy of a Cypher query
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Pattern and pattern matching
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3. Mutating Graph with Cypher
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3. Mutating Graph with Cypher
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Creating nodes and relationships
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Transforming nodes and relationships
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Cypher query optimizations
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4. Getting Python and Neo4j to Talk Py2neo
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4. Getting Python and Neo4j to Talk Py2neo
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Installing and configuring py2neo
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Exploring the py2neo APIs
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Creating a social network with py2neo
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Batch imports
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Unit testing
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5. Build RESTful Service with Flask and Py2neo
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5. Build RESTful Service with Flask and Py2neo
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Introducing (and installing) Flask
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Setting up web applications with Flask and Flask-RESTful
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REST APIs for social network data using py2neo
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6. Using Neo4j with Django and Neomodel
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6. Using Neo4j with Django and Neomodel
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Installing and configuring Neomodel
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Declaring models and properties
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Adding relationships to models
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Running Cypher queries
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Using Neomodel in a Django app
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7. Deploying Neo4j in Production
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7. Deploying Neo4j in Production
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Neo4j logical architecture
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Neo4j physical architecture
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Monitoring the health of the Neo4J nodes
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Backup and recovery
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Using the Neo4j shell

The Neo4j shell is a powerful interactive shell for interacting with the Neo4j database. It is used for performing the CRUD operations on graphs.

The Neo4j shell can be executed locally (on the same machine on which we have installed the Neo4j server) or remotely (by connecting the Neo4j shell to a remote sever).

By default, the Neo4j shell (<$NEO4J_HOME>/bin/neo4j-shell) can be executed on the same machine on which the Neo4j server is installed, but the following configuration changes are required in <$NEO4J_HOME>/conf/neo4j.properties to enable the connectivity of the Neo4j database from the remote machines:

  • remote_shell_enabled=true: This configuration enables the property
  • remote_shell_host=127.0.0.1: This configuration enables and provides the IP address of the machine on which the Neo4j server is installed
  • remote_shell_port=1337: This configuration enables and defines the port for incoming connections

Let's talk about various other options provided by the Neo4j shell for connecting to the local Neo4j server:

  • neo4j-shell -path <PATH>: This option shows the path of the database directory on the local file system. A new database will be created in case the given path does not contain a valid Neo4j database.
  • neo4j-shell -pid <PID>: This option connects to a specific process ID.
  • neo4j-shell -readonly: This option connects to the local database in the READ ONLY mode.
  • neo4j-shell -c <COMMAND>: This option executes a single Cypher statement and then the shell exits.
  • neo4j-shell -file <FILE >: This option reads the contents of the file (multiple Cypher CRUD operations), and then executes it.
  • neo4j-shell –config - <CONFIG>: This option reads the given configuration file (such as neo4j-server.properties) from the specified location, and then starts the shell.

The following are the options for connecting to the remote Neo4j server:

  • neo4j-shell -port <PORT>: This option connects to the server running on a port different to the default port (1337)
  • neo4j-shell -host <HOST>: This option shows the IP address or domain name of the remote host on which the Neo4j server is installed and running.

Let's move forward and get our hands dirty with the system.

To begin with and to make it simple, first we will insert the data, and then try to fetch the same data through the Neo4j shell.

Let's perform the following steps for running our Cypher queries in the Neo4j shell:

  1. Open your UNIX shell/console and execute <$NEO4J_HOME>/bin/neo4j start. This will start your Neo4j server in another process.
  2. In the same console, execute <$NEO4J_HOME>/bin/neo4j-shell to start the Neo4j shell.
  3. Next, execute the following set of statements on the console:
    CREATE (movies:Movie {Name:"Noah", ReleaseYear:"2014"});
MATCH (n) return n;
MATCH (n) delete n;
  4. You will see something like the following image on your console:
    Using the Neo4j shell

Yes, that's it…we are done!

We will dive deep into the details of the Cypher statements in the upcoming chapters, but let's see the results of each of the preceding Cypher statements:

  • CREATE (movies:Movie {Name:"Noah", ReleaseYear:"2014"});: This statement creates a node with two attributes, Name:"Noah" and ReleaseYear:"2014", and a label, Movie
  • MATCH (n) return n;: This statement searches the Neo4j database and prints all the nodes and their associated properties on the console
  • MATCH (n) delete n;: This statement searches the Neo4j database and deletes all the selected nodes
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