README.md

Neo4j GraphQL CLI

NOTE: This project is deprecated in favor of the official Neo4j GraphQL Library

Deploy Neo4j backed GraphQL APIs based on your custom GraphQL schema.

This is a very early project, under active development. Use for prototyping and demo projects only

What does it do?

neo4j-graphql-cli allows you to deploy a Neo4j GraphQL instance on Neo4j Sandbox. This Neo4j GraphQL instance will serve a GraphQL endpoint based on a user-defined GraphQL schema.

Steps

1. npm install -g neo4j-graphql-cli
2. Define your GraphQL schema using GraphQL schema syntax, myschema.graphql
3. neo4j-graphql myschema.graphql - if you do not specify a schema a default movies schema will be used.
4. When prompted sign into Neo4j Sandbox using the URL provided. This URL will include a token to associate your neo4j-graphql-cli session with your sandbox instance.
5. Once your Neo4j GraphQL instance is deployed, you'll be presented with the credentials for your GraphQL instance, including a Graphiql URL.

Schema First Development

IDL / Schema Syntax

Neo4j GraphQL Schema

Neo4j GraphQL supports the basic schema syntax, with the addition of directives that expose the power of a graph database when combined with GraphQL:

• @cypher

@cypher directive

The @cypher directive exposes the power of a full graph query language, Cypher, through GraphQL.

Example movies schema

type User {
  id: Int
  name: String!
  movies: [Movie] @relation(name: "RATED", direction: "out")
}

type Movie {
  id: Int
  title: String!
  year: Int
  plot: String
  poster: String
  imdbRating: Float
  genres: [Genre] @relation(name: "IN_GENRE", direction: "out")
  actors: [Actor] @relation(name: "ACTED_IN", direction: "in")
  directors: [Director] @relation(name: "DIRECTED", direction: "in")
  similar: [Movie] @cypher(statement: "WITH {this} AS this MATCH (this)-[:IN_GENRE]->(:Genre)<-[:IN_GENRE]-(rec:Movie) WITH rec, COUNT(*) AS num ORDER BY num DESC RETURN rec LIMIT 10")
}

type Genre {
  id: Int
  name: String!
  movies: [Movie] @relation(name: "IN_GENRE", direction: "in")
}

type Director {
  id: Int
  name: String!
  movies: [Movie] @relation(name: "DIRECTED", direction: "out")
}

type Actor {
  id: Int
  name: String!
  movies: [Movie] @relation(name: "ACTED_IN", direction: "out")
}

.graphqlconfig

neo4j-graphql-cli supports .graphqlconfig and will create a .graphqlconfig file that contains the path to the schema file, endpoints and authorization header. For example:

{
  "schemaPath":"personSchema.graphql",
  "extensions":
    {
      "endpoints":
      {
        "dev":
          {
            "url": "10-0-1-70-34285.neo4jsandbox.com/graphql/",
            "headers":
            {
              "Authorization":"Basic ${env:NEO4J_GRAPHQL_TOKEN}"
            }
          }
      }
    }
}

Features

• deploy Neo4j GraphQL Sandbox instance
• support user defined GraphQL schema
• support @cypher GraphQL schema directives
• .graphqlconfig support
• support self-hosted Neo4j instances. NOTE: see
• Docker support
• support schema updates
• client app scaffolding

Feedback

This project is in active development and user validation. Have a use case you'd like to see supported? We'd love to hear your feedback, please email devrel@neo4j.com