Cypher Query Builder


A flexible and intuitive query builder for Neo4j and Cypher.
Write queries in Javascript just as you would write them in Cypher.

- Easy to use fluent interface
- Support for streaming records using observables
- Full Typescript declarations included in package

``javascript
let results = await db.matchNode('user', 'User', { active: true })
.where({ 'user.age': greaterThan(18) })
.with('user')
.create([
cypher.node('user', ''),
cypher.relation('out', '', 'HasVehicle'),
cypher.node('vehicle', 'Vehicle', { colour: 'red' })
])
.ret(['user', 'vehicle'])
.run();

// Results:
// [{
// user: {
// identity: 1234,
// labels: [ 'User' ],
// properties: { ... },
// },
// vehicle: {
// identity: 4321,
// labels: [ 'Vehicle' ],
// properties: { ... },
// },
// }]
`

Contents

- Quick start
- Installation
- Importing
- Connecting
- Querying
- Processing
- Documentation
- Contributing
- License

Quick start

$3

`
npm install --save cypher-query-builder
`
or

`
yarn install cypher-query-builder
`

$3

CommonJS/Node

`javascript
const cypher = require('cypher-query-builder');
// cypher.Connection
// cypher.greaterThan
// ....
`

ES6

`javascript
import { Connection, greaterThan } from 'cypher-query-builder';
`

$3

`javascript
const cypher = require('cypher-query-builder');

// Make sure to include the protocol in the hostname
let db = new cypher.Connection('bolt://localhost', {
username: 'root',
password: 'password',
});
`

Cypher query builder uses the official Neo4j Nodejs driver over the bolt
protocol in the background so you can pass any values into connection that
are accepted by that driver.

$3

ES6

`javascript
db.matchNode('projects', 'Project')
.return('projects')
.run()
.then(function (results) {
// Do something with results
});
`

ES2017

`javascript
const results = await db.matchNode('projects', 'Project')
.return('projects')
.run();
`

run will execute the query and return a promise. The results are in the
_standardish_ Neo4j form an array of records:

`javascript
const results = [
{
projects: {
// Internal Neo4j node id, don't rely on this to stay constant.
identity: 1,

// All labels attached to the node
labels: [ 'Project' ],

// Actual properties of the node.
// Note that Neo4j numbers will automatically be converted to
// Javascript numbers. This may cause issues because Neo4j can
// store larger numbers than can be represented in Javascript.
// This behaviour is currently in consideration and may change
// in the future.
properties: { name: 'Project 1' },
},
},
// ...
]
`

You can also use the stream method to download the results as an observable.

`javascript
const results = db.matchNode('project', 'Project')
.ret('project')
.stream();

results.subscribe(row => console.log(row.project.properties.name));
`

$3

To extract the results, you can use ES5 array methods or a library like lodash:

`javascript
// Get all the project nodes (including their id, labels and properties).
let projects = results.map(row => row.projects);

// Get just the properties of the nodes
let projectProps = results.map(row => row.projects.properties);
``

Documentation

All the reference documentation can be found here.
However, the two most useful pages are probably:

- The Connection class, for
details on creating and using a connection.
- The Query class, for details on
all the available clauses, and building and running queries.

Contributing

Please feel free to submit any bugs or questions you may have in an
issue. I'm very open to discussing
suggestions or new ideas so don't hesitate to reach out.

Maintaining the library does take some time out of my schedule so if you'd like to show your
appreciation please consider donating. Even the smallest amount is really encouraging.

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2018 James Ferguson

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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SOFTWARE.